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6 <br /> Slide #11 <br /> Fire District: White Cross =soy <br /> • Chief Phillip Nasseri <br /> • Combination Staffing Model <br /> • Two Stations <br /> • Equipment <br /> Three Engines Two Flrst ResponderVentcles <br /> Two Tankers One Heavy Rescue <br /> One Brush Truck Three Boats <br /> • Averaging 315 calls per year <br /> Chief Cabe said White Cross has the opportunity to do virtual reality training. <br /> Chair Price asked about the training. <br /> Chief Phillip Nasseri explained the process and said the district is fortunate to have the <br /> opportunity. <br /> Chief Cabe resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Slide #12 <br /> tnl <br /> Fire District: Carrboro iso 2 <br /> • Chief David Schmidt(Carrboro Fire&fescue) <br /> • Fully Paid Staffing <br /> • Two Stations <br /> • Equipment <br /> Three Engines OneAerial Platform <br /> One Tanker 12MI4oU 1,: One Battalion Chief <br /> One Brush Truck <br /> • Averaging 1,500 calls per year <br /> ,7 <br /> Chief Cabe said Carrboro recently finished a multi week research project where three <br /> university's researched how best to care for fire fighters. <br /> Chief Schmidt said NC State, Florida International University and Baylor Universtity were <br /> involved, and he explained how the study was conducted. He said the information the <br /> universities obtained will help identify when a responder is experiencing elevated heart rates <br /> and may need to be pulled from a fire. He said the other study was on cancer and the effect of <br /> metals and chemicals on responder health. He said the district conducted 30 different burns <br /> over three weeks in the study. He said he hopes to identify protective measures they can use <br /> to protect all responders. <br /> Chief Cabe resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br />