Agenda 04-26-22; 8-e - Second Reading - Emergency Services Franchise by Ordinance – South Orange Rescue Squad

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2 and continuing ambulance services and to preserve, protect, and promote the public health, safety and welfare. The Department has identified the following services as necessary to supplement and enhance the ambulance services within the Emergency Services System and to the residents of the Orange County. The services are: Convalescent Transport Services Rescue Services • ALS Transport • Confined Space • BLS Transport • Extrication Emergency Services • Heavy Rescue • BLS Transport • High/Low Angle • Medical Responder Non-transport • Swift Water • EMT Non-transport • Trench Collapse • Underwater • Wilderness Search&Rescue SORS has applied for Orange County Franchise renewal under the 2010 Franchise Ordinance. The application indicates SORS is applying to provide the following services: • Basic Life Support Transport • EMT Non-Transport • Confined Space • High/Low Angle • Swift Water • Wilderness Search & Rescue SORS is headquartered in Carrboro, North Carolina, has been in service in the Orange County EMS System since 1971. From the SORS website, "It is the Mission of South Orange Rescue Squad to foster high professional standards & acts of service by its membership to its community for the provision of Emergency, General and Technical Rescue Services. South Orange Rescue Squad seeks to carry out these spirited goals by organizing local residents and students, providing training and coordinating provision of services in conjunction with established professional agencies in Orange County, North Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." SORS continues to provide these services as an all-volunteer agency with tremendous professionalism. SORS provides a Basic Life Support ambulance seven nights per week, 365 days per year as well as provides a BLS ambulance from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturdays. In addition, SORS provides countless hours of special event coverage for sporting events, mass gatherings, etc. SORS also provides CPR courses free of charge to the community and has provided this life saving training to Spanish speaking residents. Emergency Services has reviewed the application, in conjunction with NC State Office of Emergency Medical Services, submitted by SORS and inspected the premises, vehicles, equipment, and personnel of the company to assure compliance with the ordinance. The North Carolina General Statutes provides also that the Board, prior to granting a franchise, must "find that the franchise applicant is in compliance with Chapter 131E, Article 7."' Emergency ' N.C. Gen. Stat. 153A-250(a).