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CABARRUS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION STUDY G. The proposed eight -step assessment process includes a comprehensive interview /conference process that is considered by the PSSi Study Team to be the key step in the assessment of fire, rescue and EMS delivery systems; H. The PSSi Study Team has extensive experience in the process of fostering appropriate cooperative service delivery and merger /consolidation options for improved delivery of services; The PSSi Study Team believes that in a diverse fire, rescue and EMS service delivery system, such as that utilized in Cabarrus County, a key organizational philosophy should be that there is "strength through cooperation ". PSSi assessments encourage this philosophy; and, J. The PSSi Study Team members have worked as a team in consulting and a number of other endeavors for more than twenty years, thus fostering consistency in staffing. The quality and extensive experience of the Study Team in the areas outlined above are the primary reasons why PSSi considers it to be well- positioned to provide the best long -range plan for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. ASSIGNED PERSONNEL PSSi staff consists of 12 consultants; three have served as Fire & EMS chiefs and consultants in fire protection, rescue and EMS services. The proposed staff of Public Safety Solutions, Inc. have served as practitioners in public safety —fire, pre - hospital EMS and dispatch. Each consultant has served in local government at the management level; each has advanced degrees; each has lectured at the univcrsity level; and each has served as a fire, emergency medical services and dispatch consultant. Further, each of the proposed staff members has, at different times in their career, been both a volunteer and paid service provider and manager in a volunteer staff -based fire and EMS service delivery agency in a growing community. y p J -,bft $aAry 7 Attachment number 2 F -4 Page 75