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~o <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 5; 1994 <br />Action Ageada <br />Item No X-~ <br />SUBJECT: Rescue Service Provision in Orange County <br />DEPARTMENT Emergency Management/ PUBLIC HEARING YES <br />County Manager <br />-------------------------------- ------------------- <br />ATTACHMENT (S ) <br />9/29/94 Staff Report <br />Rescue Service Matrix <br />Draft Agreement Between OCRS & SORS <br />NO X <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br />Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on plans for the provision of rescue <br />service throughout Orange County. <br />SACICGROUND: At the April 19, 1994 meeting, the Board of Commissioners <br />heard a request from the South Orange Rescue Squad to consider <br />establishing a South Orange Rescue Service District. At that time, the <br />Board asked staff to prepare a report after reviewing what rescue <br />service needs exist in Orange County, what options exist for providing <br />those services, and how might those alternatives be financed. <br />In a series of meetings over the past several months, County staff and <br />various emergency response agency personnel discussed historical levels <br />of rescue service and incidence of rescue calls, desired levels of <br />service, and options for providing rescue service. The most <br />significant outcome of these discussions has been agreement by the <br />South Orange Rescue Squad and the Orange County Rescue Squad that they <br />will work and train jointly to provide basic and specialized rescue <br />service throughout Orange County, with assistance on basic services <br />from other emergency response agencies. <br />Additional work remains to be done in identifying any pressing <br />rescue equipment needs and how those needs could be funded. <br />Following further discussions with rescue squad leaders, staff plan <br />to present more specific recommendations concerning equipment needs and <br />funding sometime during the next several months. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br />report for information only at this time. <br />