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~" .... ~ BlueCrossRlueShield of Norffi Carolina An independent Licensee or the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assoclatlon PO Box 2291 Durham NC 27702-2201 0191188-7431 11MEMORANDUM 1'0: Pant .Jones for Orange County Commissioners Via: Mike Tapp, Orange County Fire Marshal From: Rick Pahrer, Corporate Safety & Security ~i~G f Date: April 20, 2005 Subject: Request fnr Pyrotechnics Pemrit On Saturday, Tune 4, 2005, BlueCross and B1ueShreld of North Carolina (BCBSNC) will behaving their 7d' annual Family Day at the Headquarters building located at 1830 Chapel Hill Blvd. in Chapel hill. This event will begin at 4:30 PM and end,just after dark with a short fireworks display. S & W Productions is the company employed to produce the fireworks show. They also produced the identical show for the previous six Family Day events. They have extensive experience producing these type of small scale, low level "shoots", including events at the Durham Bulls ball park, etc. The Chapel hill Fire Department will be providing a lire truck and fire personnel during this event to insure adequate fire protection measures are met. The Chapel 3-fill Fire Marshal, Deputy Chief Mellon, has reviewed this request and will make the final inspection on Saturday prior to issuing the "town of Chapel Hill permit. Two off-duty Chapel l-fill police officers will be employed by BCBSNC to insure adequate public safety during this event. They will be assisted by members of the BCBSNC Corporate Safety Sc Security team as well as nwnerous Allied Security officers, Two off-duty GMTs and an ambulance will be on site during this event. BCBSNC will pay Orange County FMS & Rescue for this service. Copies of the operator's license, site layout, pyrotechnics inventory, and certificate o insurance will be provided by Rick Timberlake of S & W Productions. Their telephone number is 919-554-4969- If I can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me at 919-765-1911.