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2 <br /> The most-recent convalescent transportation provider in the County, Johnston Ambulance, <br /> closed its operations a short time ago, requiring the County to franchise other providers. <br /> Emergency Services has reviewed the overall Emergency Services System in the County to <br /> confirm that franchise services continue to be necessary to assure the provision of adequate <br /> and continuing ambulance services and to preserve, protect, and promote the public health, <br /> safety and welfare. As a result, the Department is recommending four franchises for <br /> ambulance service and one for rescue service. The Department has identified the following <br /> services as necessary to supplement and enhance the ambulance services within the <br /> Emergency Services System and to the residents of the Orange County. The services are: <br /> Convalescent Transport Services Rescue Services <br /> • ALS Transport • Confined Space <br /> • BLS Transport • Extrication <br /> Emergency Services • Heavy Rescue <br /> • BLS Transport • High/Low Angle <br /> • Medical Responder Non-transport • Swift Water <br /> • EMT Non-transport • Trench Collapse <br /> • Underwater <br /> • Wilderness Search&Rescue <br /> SORS has applied for Orange County Franchise renewal under the 2010 Franchise Ordinance. <br /> The application indicates SORS is applying to provide the following services: <br /> • Basic Life Support Transport <br /> • EMT Non-Transport <br /> • Confined Space <br /> • High/Low Angle <br /> • Swift Water <br /> • Wilderness Search & Rescue <br /> SORS is headquartered in Carrboro, North Carolina, and has been in service in the Orange <br /> County EMS System since 1971. From the SORS website, "It is the Mission of South Orange <br /> Rescue Squad to foster high professional standards & acts of service by its membership to its <br /> community for the provision of Emergency, General and Technical Rescue Services. South <br /> Orange Rescue Squad seeks to carry out these spirited goals by organizing local residents and <br /> students, providing training and coordinating provision of services in conjunction with <br /> established professional agencies in Orange County, North Carolina and the University of North <br /> Carolina at Chapel Hill." SORS continues to provide these services as an all-volunteer agency <br /> with tremendous professionalism. <br /> SORS and Orange County Emergency Services ("OCES") join together to provide Medic 8, an <br /> Advanced Life Support Ambulance seven nights per week, 365 days per year. SORS provides <br /> volunteer Emergency Medical Technicians and its ambulance and OCES provides the <br /> paramedic staffing. In addition SORS provides countless hours of special event coverage for <br /> sporting events, mass gatherings, etc. <br /> Emergency Services has reviewed the application, in conjunction with NC State Office of <br /> Emergency Medical Services, submitted by SORS and inspected the premises, vehicles, <br />