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UNC Campus Station Report
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Table of Contents
Background 3
Project Implementation 3
Impacts to Stake Holders 4
Financial Impacts 5
Strategic Outlook 6
Station 3 Location 7
Acknowledgments 7
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BACKGROUND
In early 2010, Emergency Services staff entered into conversations with the
staff and Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of North Carolina.
The purpose was to discuss alcohol related student issues at UNC and ways
that Orange County Emergency Services could assist in a effort to reduce sys-
tem overload. The outcome of those conversations resulted in plans for sever-
al initiatives and the offer to base an ambulance on campus to improve service
delivery. A unit in the married housing complex known as Odom Village was
selected by the UNC Facilities and Housing Division.
On September 20, 2011 the Board of Orange County Commissioners ap-
proved the location situated near UNC Hospital on Weaver Dairy
Road. Shortly after the approval, the UNC Facilities and Housing Division be-
gan renovating and upgrading the quadplex. Designated as Station 3, the
site serves UNC campus, Southeast Chapel Hill and Southern Orange Coun-
ty. Medic 3 is an essential unit during heavy-traffic days on campus such as
during football and basketball games and its strategic location allows the unit
to move east and west with relative ease serving a wider area.
Emergency Services staff worked closely with UNC Housing to install equip-
ment necessary for 24 hour operations. Radio-Frequency ID (RFID) readers
were installed for security, shorelines were installed and accommodations were
prepared for ambulance parking. Staff equipped the new EMS station with ra-
dios, computers, medical and cleaning supplies. On October 3, 2011 , EMS
opened and began operating out of the campus station.
UNC and Orange County were excellent
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sponsive to reported needs. Inspections of
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On April 27, 2012 UNC hosted an open house of the campus station. Chancel-
lor Thorp and several UNC staff celebrated the grand opening.
IMPACT TO STAKEHOLDERS
Developing operating bases throughout the community was a department-led
initiative that began in 2009 in an effort to reduce response times throughout
the County. Until this effort, the department dispatched two ambulances
housed at the South Orange Rescue Squad station at 202 Roberson Street in
Carrboro with the remainder responding from the EMS HQ at 1914 New Hope
Church Road. There are now seven active units with specific response areas.
Data analysis indicates response times in areas that Medic 3 (UNC) primarily
serves are reducing since the implementation of the station.
At the Emergency Services Workgroup meeting and again at the Chief's Coun-
cil Meeting, a fire chief commented that his department has witnessed im-
proved EMS response times in the past year. This improved service is direct-
ly related to opening new EMS stations such as Station 3 and adding addition-
al units.
Types of Calls for Medic 3
Oct 2011 to Sep 2012
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Medic 3 responds to a variety of calls. The following chart demonstrates the types and response
numbers since the EMS station was opened. For a total of 2698 responses
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Medic 3 Calls by Month
Oct 2011 to Sep 2012
306
268 284
243 243
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202 186 193 177 187 188
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FINANCIAL P 1
Implementation costs were incurred as Emergency Services installed shore
lines, crew equipment and security access swipe card readers. Approximately
$10,000 in one—time, start-up costs were invested by Orange County.
As a part of the written agreement between Orange County and the University
of North Carolina, the University pays all utilities and maintains the building up-
keep at no cost to Orange County. Emergency Services is provided parking
spaces to accommodate the ambulance and three crew members. Orange
County pays for the three employee parking slots, costing $3000 annually.
Other than the operational cost of the unit and personnel, there are no other
recurring costs incurred by the County to deploy a unit from this strategic loca-
tion.
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Strategic • •
UNC plans to repurpose the married student housing apartments (the current
location for Station 3) into office space. Based on conversations with the Uni-
versity, they are committed to work with Orange County to address future
plans of station capability and location.
Based on geographic call volume analysis, Medic 3 is expected to grow at
10.2% over the next year. Emergency Services will continue to ensure that
both the University and the County's needs are met by having adequate re-
sources available to respond to growing demand for service. This call volume
growth may cause the need to add a second campus ambulance or the addi-
tion of a second EMS base on or near campus.
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Orange County Emergency Services would like to acknowledge the hard work and assis-
tance by the following staff of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp
Associate Vice Chancellor Christopher Payne
Student Housing Director Larry Hicks