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6 <br /> 1 Slide #11 <br /> Fire District: White Cross E305 <br /> • Chief Phillip Nasseri <br /> • Combination Staffing Model <br /> • Two Stations <br /> • Equipment <br /> Three Engines Two Flrst Responder Vehicles <br /> Two Tankers One Heavy Rescue <br /> One Brush Truck Three Boats <br /> • Averaging 315 calls per year <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Chief Cabe said White Cross has the opportunity to do virtual reality training. <br /> 5 Chair Price asked about the training. <br /> 6 Chief Phillip Nasseri explained the process and said the district is fortunate to have the <br /> 7 opportunity. <br /> 8 Chief Cabe resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Slide #12 <br /> Fire District: Carrboro ISO 2 <br /> • Chief David Schmidt(Carrboro Fire&Rescue) <br /> • Fully Paid Staffing <br /> • Two Stations <br /> • Equipment <br /> Three Engines OneAerlal Platform <br /> One Tanker,�...... one Battallonchiet <br /> One Brush Truck <br /> • Averaging 1,500 calls per year <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Chief Cabe said Carrboro recently finished a multi week research project where three <br /> 14 university's researched how best to care for fire fighters. <br /> 15 Chief Schmidt said NC State, Florida International University and Baylor Universtity were <br /> 16 involved, and he explained how the study was conducted. He said the information the <br /> 17 universities obtained will help identify when a responder is experiencing elevated heart rates <br /> 18 and may need to be pulled from a fire. He said the other study was on cancer and the effect of <br /> 19 metals and chemicals on responder health. He said the district conducted 30 different burns <br /> 20 over three weeks in the study. He said he hopes to identify protective measures they can use to <br /> 21 protect all responders. <br /> 22 Chief Cabe resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br />