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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 2, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-e <br /> SUBJECT: Substation Use Agreement between Orange County and the Eno Volunteer Fire <br /> Department <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> EMS Substation Use Agreement Dinah Jeffries, 919-245-6123 <br /> Kim Woodward, 919-245-6133 <br /> Chief Keith Hayes, 919-630-2735 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a Substation Use Agreement between Orange County and the Eno <br /> Volunteer Fire Department to house an Orange County Ambulance at Eno Station #2 located at <br /> 5501 St. Mary's Road in Hillsborough. This colocation will improve response times in the <br /> northeastern section of the County and will allow for the relocation of the Northside Supervisor <br /> Unit to a facility that has appropriate sleeping quarters. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Emergency Services Department routinely reviews calls for service to <br /> determine the most strategic locations for staging ambulance units. Recent data indicates the <br /> need to move Medic 5, currently located at Orange Rural Fire Station 2 at Phelps Road, to a <br /> more northeastern location to improve response times in that part of the County. <br /> The Eno Volunteer Fire Department currently owns a fire station at 5501 St. Mary's Road in <br /> Hillsborough that represents a more strategic location for Medic 5. This station provides good <br /> access to the community in the northeastern portion of the County, the Highway 70 corridor, as <br /> well as providing a sheltered and environmentally controlled atmosphere for an ambulance. <br /> However, the facility currently lacks a sprinkler system that would allow staff to sleep in the <br /> facility. <br /> Emergency Services has negotiated a Substation Use Agreement with the Eno Volunteer Fire <br /> Department to collocate in the fire station and share in the cost of installing a sprinkler system. <br /> Under the Agreement, the County would provide the initial capital funds to install the system and <br /> would be recover half of this investment through eighteen months of forgiven rent. Following the <br /> initial eighteen months in the facility, Orange County would contribute $500 per month to the <br /> Eno Volunteer Fire Department. The Fire Department would be responsible for maintaining the <br /> facility and paying facility operating costs. <br /> Medic 5 is currently housed at an Orange Rural Fire Department station on Phelps Road. <br /> Moving this unit to the Eno Station allows the Northside EMS supervisor to move from the <br />