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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 /> to 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 /> 0 * 0 <br /> 111 . 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 /> available for inspection per Federal Communication Commission ' s rules <br /> and regulations copies of all authorization and licenses . <br /> d . Grantee ' s base of operations shall have at least one open telephone 24 <br /> hours per each and every day of the calendar year . Grantee ' s telephone <br /> numbers shall be registered with Orange County Emergency <br /> Communication Center, and changes to Grantee ' s telephone numbers shall <br /> LifeStar Emergency Services — 2023 , LLC d/b/a LifeStar Emergency Services EMS <br /> Franchise Agreement <br /> Page 10 of 22 Rev. <br />