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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> a <br /> Item No. J <br /> SUBJECT: Emergency Medical Services Weeks <br /> Recognition of EMS Agencies Achievements <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> EMS Week Proclamation Kent McKenzie, ext 3030 <br /> 4129102 Memo from Emergency Medical <br /> Services Director TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> List of Integral EMS Agencies Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-0501 <br /> Durham 6887331 <br /> Mebane 336-2272631 <br /> PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of May 19 through 25, 2002 as Emergency Medical Services <br /> (EMS)Week in Orange County and also to recognize the achievements of various emergency <br /> medical service agencies in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: Governor Michael F. Easley will proclaim the week of May l9- 25.2002 as <br /> Emergency Medical Services Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the dedicated <br /> professionals that pmvitle emergency seivicesto the citizens of this state. The Emergency <br /> Medical Services System in Orange County includes Telecommunications, First Responders, <br /> Law Enforcement Officers, Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians, Nurses. Doctors. <br /> Volunteers and Employees of Orange EMS and Rescue Squad, County Staff,the UNC <br /> Hospitals Emergency Department, the Carolina AirCare program,the University Department of <br /> Emergency Medicine, and various private enterprises. <br /> The Orange County Emergency Medical Services responded W more than 9,200 reported <br /> emergencies last year, providing medical assessment, treatment, and ambulance transPOdation <br /> when medically necessary. Orange County EMS also provides injury prevention through a <br /> variety of public education projects, including the nationally recognise d 'Welcome to the Word- <br /> home safety program, ajoint initiative with the Heath Department and the Orange County <br /> Partnership for Young Children. <br /> Representatives from various Orange County emergency medical service agencies will be <br /> present at this meeting so the BOCC may recognize and present cedificates of appreciation to <br /> those organizations. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approval of the <br /> proclamation and recognition of the Emergency Medical Services System agencies. <br />