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27 <br />8.0. ORONO FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />8.01 Overview. <br />This was Orono Fire first year in existence. Even though we didn’t respond to calls for service, it was a good year. <br />The Orono Fire Department will be responsible for responding to calls for service in Orono using a hybrid model of <br />part-time firefighters to staff a duty crew for weekday daytime response and paid-on-call firefighters for response <br />to calls nights and weekends. We will respond to about a 1/3 of Orono starting on July 1,2024 and the rest of <br />Orono January 1, 2026. The Department had their first meeting on November 28th. <br />8.02 Organization and Staff. <br />Orono hired our first fire chief and his main responsibility for 2023 was to perform a needs assessment. This task <br />was completed and presented to Council in June. Once the needs assessment was completed and Council <br />approved the path forward, we began hiring both part-time and paid-on-call firefighters. The Council approved a <br />hybrid department made up of part-time and paid-on-call firefighters. This model will give a staffed crew of 3-4 <br />firefighters during the day, which was when we had the least number of responders and the longest response <br />times. We have 10 paid-on-call and 8 part-time firefighters. Our goal this coming year is to hire 8-10 more paid- <br />on-call and 2-3 more part-time firefighters. <br /> <br />8.03 Apparatus and Equipment. <br />The Council purchased a used ladder truck at the end of 2022, which was outfitted and equipped in 2023. Orono <br />City Council approved the purchase of new and used apparatus, outfitting and equipment at the August 28th <br />189