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11 <br />1 <br />RESOLUTION NAMING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES BUILDING THE PHILLIP “NICK” <br />2 <br />WATERS ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCYSERVICES CENTER <br />3 <br />4 <br />WHEREAS, <br />Colonel Phillip “Nick” Waters served as the Orange County Emergency <br />5 <br />Management Director from 1989-2004 leading the divisions of emergency medical <br />6 <br />services, 9-1-1 communications, emergency management and fire marshal services; <br />7 <br />and <br />8 <br />9 <br />WHEREAS, <br />Colonel Waters consistently challenged the state, county and his own department <br />10 <br />to embrace “out of the box” thinking that moved towards creative and divergent <br />11 <br />solutions for emergency services of every discipline; in doing so, he challenged <br />12 <br />womenand minorities to excel and lead in the world of emergency services; and <br />13 <br />14 <br />WHEREAS, <br />Colonel Waters established the first Fire Marshal’s Division to provide support to <br />15 <br />the County fire departments and community to preserve life and property through <br />16 <br />education, prevention, investigation and fire code enforcement and established the <br />17 <br />new Emergency Management Specialist position to provide coordination between the <br />18 <br />County, towns, school systems and other agencies in establishing a county-wide multi- <br />19 <br />hazard plan andon-going training to improve the response given to residents during a <br />20 <br />disaster, and to ensure consistent implementation of this plan by all agencies; and <br />21 <br />22 <br />WHEREAS, <br />Colonel Waters and staff received multiple awards from the National Association of <br />23 <br />Countiesand National Association of County Commissioners for trailblazing programs <br />24 <br />and services that took a risk to change the delivery and response of services for the <br />25 <br />better, such as, “Welcome to the World”, “Initial Response Vehicle Program”, <br />26 <br />“Emergency Management Comprehensive Training Program”, “Critical Incident Stress <br />27 <br />Support for Responders with Dr. Peter Smith” and many others; and <br />28 <br />29 <br />WHEREAS, <br />in 1996, 2000 and 2002, Orange County experienced three crippling weather <br />30 <br />events in which Colonel Waters guided and directed the County to recovery; <br />31 <br />32 <br />NOW, THEREFORE, <br />be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br />33 <br />hereby recognize Emergency Management Director Colonel Phillip “Nick” Waters for <br />34 <br />his faith to turn dreams into reality and for having a vision for a different and better <br />35 <br />future by naming the Emergency Services Building the Phillip “Nick” Waters Orange <br />36 <br />County Emergency Services Center. <br />37 <br />38 <br />This the 12th day of December 2017. <br />39 <br />40 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs,seconded by Commissioner Pricefor the <br />41 <br />Boardto approve the attached resolution naming the Emergency Services building at 510 <br />42 <br />Meadowlands as the Phillip “Nick” Waters Orange County Emergency Services Center and <br />43 <br />authorize the Chair to sign the resolution. <br />44 <br />45 <br />Commissioner McKee said as a memberof the Caldwell Fire Departmenthe remembers <br />46 <br />Nick Waters settingthe standard that encouraged them all to stretch a bit. <br />47 <br />48 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />49 <br /> <br />