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Orange County Fire Rescue James Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief
Orange County Fire Rescue • Orange County Fire Rescue Overview • Communications • Emergency Medical Services • Operations • Questions
Orange County Fire Rescue Overview • Orange County Fire Rescue is a full service fire and rescue department: • - Firefighting • - Emergency Medical Services • - Hazardous Material Mitigation • - Advanced Technical Rescue
Providing services to over 650,000 citizens • Covering an estimated 800 square miles
Provide fire and rescue contractual services to Belle Isle, Eatonville, Edgewood and Oakland
4th Largest Fire Department in Florida • 37 Fire Stations / 6 Battalions • 1,099 Authorized Employees • 940 Certified personnel • 159 Support personnel
Orange County Fire Rescue Daily Available Resources
Orange County Fire Rescue • Orange County Fire Rescue Overview • Communications • Emergency Medical Services • Operations • Questions
ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUECall Volume & Projections • 2004 - 86,782 calls for service • Hurricane responses are included • 2005 - 82,000 Projected calls for service
Orange County Fire Rescue Communications • Processed a total of 94,172 calls in 2004 • An average call received to dispatch time of 46 seconds • Also provide contractual dispatch service to: • -Maitland • -Ocoee • -Winter Garden
Orange County Fire Rescue • Orange County Fire Rescue Overview • Communications • Emergency Medical Services • Operations • Questions
Emergency Medical Services Matt McGrew, Acting Division Chief
Orange County Fire Rescue • EMS (Emergency Medical Services) • Evaluation and treatment • Basic Life Support (BLS) • Advanced Life Support (ALS) • Transport to the appropriate hospital facility • Each of our 37 Fire Stations provide ALS service • 940 Certified personnel • 320 Paramedics • 620 Emergency Medical Technicians
2004 86,782 Emergency Responses • Medical – 62% • Auto Accidents – 15% • EMS accounts for 77% of the emergency responses • EMS transport units • 27 - Licensed transport rescues • 1 - Scene response medical helicopter - FireStar
Providing Transport • Orange County Fire Rescue units transport 1400 to 1500 patients to area hospitals each month • Transports fees • $359.00 – BLS • $462.00 – ALS I • $565.00 – ALS II • Medical transports generate 4.3 million dollars • annually
Orange County Fire Rescue • Orange County Fire Rescue Overview • Communications • Emergency Medical Services • Operations • Questions
Operations T. J. Lyon, Division Chief
Field Services • Fire Suppression • Vehicle Extrication • Medical Services • Special Operations • Haz-Mat Incidents • Technical Rescue • USAR
A Day in Orange County • 35 Auto Accidents / Entrapments • 6 Reported Structure Fires • 3 Car Fires • 34 Fire Service Calls -Fire Alarms, Brush Fires • 172 Medical Service Calls 250 Total Emergency Incidents