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14 <br /> One (1) Type 1 Ambulance, One (1) In Service Rescue Vehicles and other <br /> EMS Services Vehicles and equipment as necessary to provide the high <br /> quality of services provided for in this Franchise. <br /> e. Grantee shall comply with the Grantor's operational protocols for the <br /> management of equipment, supplies and medications to assure that each <br /> ambulance and other EMS Services Vehicle contains the required <br /> equipment and supplies on each response; for cleaning and maintaining <br /> the equipment and vehicles; and to assure that supplies and medications <br /> are not used beyond the expiration date and stored in a temperature <br /> controlled atmosphere according to manufacturer's specifications. <br /> f. Grantee shall comply with the Orange County's written infection control <br /> policy including the cleansing and disinfecting of ambulances and other <br /> EMS Services Vehicles and equipment that are used to treat or transport <br /> patients. <br /> g. Grantor may, upon reasonable notice, inspect all equipment, ambulances <br /> and other EMS Service Vehicles used by Grantee. <br /> Section 9. Communications Requirement <br /> a. Grantee shall equip each ambulance and other EMS Services Vehicle with <br /> the following: <br /> i. An operational two-way radio capable of establishing good quality <br /> voice communications from with the geographical confines of <br /> Orange County to each hospital emergency department in the <br /> County in which the service is based; <br /> ii. Two-way radio communication capabilities for communication <br /> with all hospital emergency departments to which transportation of <br /> patients is made on a regular or routine basis anywhere within the <br /> State of North Carolina; and <br /> iii. An operational two-way radio capable of establishing <br /> communications from within the geographic confines of Orange <br /> County to the Orange County Emergency Communications Center, <br /> which is the dispatching agency within the County. <br /> b. This subsection shall not apply to privately owned vehicles of Grantee's <br /> staff. <br /> C. Grantee shall maintain current authorization or Federal Communication <br /> Commission licenses for all frequencies and radio transmitters operated by <br /> Grantee. Grantee shall display at Grantee's headquarters and make <br /> North State Investment Group, LLC d/b/a North State Medical Transport <br /> EMS Franchise Agreement <br /> Page 10 of 23 Rev <br />