Orange County Fire Rescue

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Orange County Fire Rescue
James Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief
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Orange County Fire Rescue

• Orange County Fire Rescue Overview
• Communications
• Emergency Medical Services
• Operations
• Questions

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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

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• Providing services to over 650,000 citizens
• Covering an estimated 800 square miles

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Provide fire and rescue contractual services to
Belle Isle, Eatonville, Edgewood and Oakland
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4th Largest Fire Department in Florida

• 37 Fire Stations / 6 Battalions
• 1,099 Authorized Employees
• 940 Certified personnel
• 159 Support personnel

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Orange County Fire Rescue
Daily Available Resources
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Orange County Fire Rescue

• Orange County Fire Rescue Overview
• Communications
• Emergency Medical Services
• Operations
• Questions

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ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUECall Volume
Projections

• 2004 - 86,782 calls for service
• Hurricane responses are included
• 2005 - 82,000 Projected calls for service

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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

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Orange County Fire Rescue

• Orange County Fire Rescue Overview
• Communications
• Emergency Medical Services
• Operations
• Questions

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Emergency Medical Services
Matt McGrew, Acting Division Chief
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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

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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

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EMS - Transport Areas
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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

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Orange County Fire Rescue

• Orange County Fire Rescue Overview
• Communications
• Emergency Medical Services
• Operations
• Questions

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Operations
T. J. Lyon, Division Chief
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• Field Services
• Fire Suppression
• Vehicle Extrication
• Medical Services
• Special Operations
• Haz-Mat Incidents
• Technical Rescue
• USAR

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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

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OCFRD STATION LOCATIONS
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Questions
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Proudly Serving the Citizens of Orange County