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{00042638.DOC 3} <br />ORANGE COUNTY-NEW HOPE FIRE DEPARTMENT <br /> USE AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SUBSTATION <br /> <br /> <br />This Use Agreement for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Substation (this “Agreement”), <br />made and entered into the 1st day of July, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), by and between the <br />County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, located at 200 <br />South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278, ("County") through the <br />Orange County Emergency Services Department (“OCES”) and the New Hope Fire <br />Department, a not for profit corporation (“Fire Company”), located at 4012 Whitefield <br />Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 and both collectively referred to as “the Parties.” <br /> <br />WITNESSETH: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange County through its Emergency Services Department currently operates <br />an Advanced Life Support EMS System; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the geographical service area covered by the Orange County Emergency <br />Services System includes all of Orange County, consisting of 384 square miles of land area, <br />and encompassing all or portions of the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br />Hillsborough, and Mebane; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the estimated county population is 148,476, lending to a total system call <br />volume, emergency and non-emergency, of 23,828; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the County desires to locate an Emergency Services substation at the New <br />Hope Fire Department’s Fire Station #2 at 4700 NC Highway 86, Chapel Hill, North <br />Carolina to better serve the residents in southwest Orange County; and <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants and <br />conditions hereafter set forth, the Parties agree as follows: <br /> <br />1. Term of the Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective <br />Date and expiring on June 30, 2024, and shall be automatically extended for three <br />additional successive one-year terms, unless either Party provides written notice to <br />the other ninety (90) days prior to the end of the term. <br /> <br />2. Scope of Agreement. <br /> <br />a. The Fire Company shall provide space within New Hope Fire Station #2 to <br />be used as an Emergency Medical Service Substation (“Substation”). The <br />Fire Company shall provide: <br /> <br />i. Storage space for emergency medical services supplies. <br /> <br />ii. Space within the bay area for one (1) ambulance. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 47DABE78-BD86-40CD-8CA6-7381FA5CD077