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12 <br /> <br /> Chief Jeff Cabe said they often are stuck in mud, which creates a suction, or fall through <br />a sink hole. He said that cows get stuck in the mud in the summer. He said there are also horse <br />carriers on the interstate. <br /> Chief Nasseri said there are also llamas and alpacas so it is widely encompassing. <br /> Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services Director said it all comes back to safety. He said <br />while they are all animal lovers, it’s really about helping people who would otherwise put <br />themselves in harm’s way to try to save the animal themselves. He said these are low frequency, <br />but extremely high risk situations. He said this is an efficient and professional approach to share <br />this effort and expertise. <br /> Chief Jeff Cabe said one of the hardest things we do is look around the world and try to <br />prepare to solve it in Orange County. <br /> Commissioner McKee congratulated the departments and commended them on the <br />increase in collaboration between the departments. He said he thinks the trench team is going to <br />be more and more critical. He said that he watched a 200 x 11 trench cave in on itself. He said <br />there was no one in it and it became obvious that it was unstable and then the wall just shelled <br />off. <br /> Chief Jeff Cabe said the land that can be built upon in Orange County is becoming less <br />available, so there will be development on land that there otherwise would not have been and that <br />may increase the need for trench rescues. <br /> Commissioner McKee said there is no way to know because it went from stable material <br />to unstable material pretty quickly. He said that a contractor would ignore the 5ft rule until a <br />supervisor or inspector showed up. He said that those people were in jeopardy during that time. <br /> Chief Nasseri said awhile back there were discussions about an RFP for a training facility, <br />but now they have a grant they are still using. He said it would be nice to revisit that at some point <br />but that the facility could be pushed back. <br /> Elizabeth Farnan, Fire Marshal, said that Orange Rural had a building they were using in <br />Hillsbrough that was shared with several law enforcement as well. She said that it was good, but <br />wasn’t permitted for that use, so they could no longer use it as the building became more <br />dangerous. She said she hopes they revisit doing a training facility because it is very much <br />needed. She said they have nowhere to train and not being able to use the building took away a <br />lot of training from the whole emergency response system in the county. <br /> <br />4. Budget Planning – Vehicle and Equipment Delays and Inflation <br />The departments will provide an overview of vehicle and equipment delays as well as budget <br />impacts resulting from inflation. <br /> <br />Slide #21 <br />