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2 <br /> ED <br /> Orange County Chief'sAssociation <br /> 2021 <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Joint Meeting <br /> October 7, 2021 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Slide #2 <br /> Agenda <br /> 1. Fire&ResoueStats <br /> • All Volunteer <br /> • Combinatlon <br /> • All PaldfCareer <br /> 2. Special Opera lions Team Development <br /> 3. Pandemic Impacts:Fire and EMS Services <br /> 4. Broadband and Radio Communication Needs <br /> • Update on Radlo System Improvement Project <br /> 5. Length of ServiceAwards Program <br /> 2 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Slide #3 <br /> South Orange Rescue <br /> • Chief Mathew Mauzy <br /> • Responds County Wide for Rope Rescue as well as <br /> Statewide for Missing Person Land Search and <br /> Swiftwater/Flood Rescue <br /> • Volunteer Staffing <br /> • One Station <br /> Equipment <br /> - Three Motorized Boats S Four Paddle Craft <br /> - one Patient Transport UTV <br /> - Three BLS Ambulances <br /> - Two Tech nlcal Rescue Trucks <br /> - pna Incident Rehab Unit <br /> • Experiencing a 220%increase in EMS Mutual Aid Standby <br /> • Averaging 1,250 calls per year <br /> 3 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Commissioner Bedford asked if there is a reason for the increased calls for SORS. She <br /> 10 asked if Durham has had trouble with staffing. <br />