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9 <br />1 <br />Impacts ability to recruit for diversity <br />2 <br />High School programs are direct delivery <br />3 <br />No local paramedic academy <br />o <br />4 <br />Research partnering with Durham County <br />5 <br />6 <br />Emergency Response <br />7 <br />8 <br />Emergency Incidents-graph <br />9 <br />10 <br />Emergency Medical Incidents -graph <br />11 <br />12 <br />Emergency Medical Incidents -Response times-graph <br />13 <br />14 <br />Value <br />15 <br />16 <br />Collaboration = Value <br />17 <br />Automatic Aid agreement in Orange County <br />18 <br />Risk Assessment Subcommittee –Resiliency planning <br />19 <br />Property Value Saved $15,784,023,512.00 ($1,054,166) <br />20 <br />Value <br />21 <br />Citizen trust –live in community <br />o <br />22 <br />Guide EMS to scene <br />o <br />23 <br />Know constituent history <br />o <br />24 <br />Provide Emergency Medical Services in collaboration with OC Emergency Services <br />25 <br />Quality of life for citizens & visitors <br />26 <br />27 <br />EMS success story-video <br />28 <br />29 <br />Radio Communications <br />30 <br />31 <br />Radio Communication project <br />32 <br />Support Federal Engineering Project <br />33 <br />Current study meets the needs of the Fire Rescue Services <br />34 <br />Radio coverage county wide <br />o <br />35 <br />Signal penetration in buildings <br />o <br />36 <br />Paging system <br />o <br />37 <br />Adding other organizations (transportation, school system, <br />o <br />38 <br />public works, etc.) <br />39 <br />40 <br />Commissioner McKee asked if more information could be given regarding co-location. <br />41 <br />Kim Woodard said co-locationexists when fire personnel are housed with EMS medics <br />42 <br />and an ambulance in the same building. She said this currently exists at both Carrboro <br />43 <br />stations, Orange Grove Fire Department, Orange Rural Fire Department #2, and Eno Fire <br />44 <br />District is currently working on the co-location process. <br />45 <br />Commissioner McKee said co-location was attempted unsuccessfully about 20-25 years <br />46 <br />ago, and this time co-location seems to be far more successful. <br />47 <br />Commissioner McKee commended the fire departments for working on reducing their <br />48 <br />fire ratings. <br />49 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos referenced the local fire academy issue, and asked if the time <br />50 <br />commitment, as well as the barriers,to having an academy could be identified. <br /> <br />