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344 which are manned by personnel trained and.certified as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), Emergency Medical Technicians Intermediate (EMT-I), and Paramedics (EMT-P). The service has three (3) stations which serve the county. The main station is located in the northwest part of Concord. One satellite station is located at Highway 601 and Highway 49 which provides a quicker response time to citizens residing in areas along Highways 601, 49, and 24-27. A second satellite station is located on Jackson Street in Mount Pleasant and provides coverage for the northeast section of the county. The response time from either the main or satellite stations to the southern or northwestern sections of the county remain relatively high, with a response time to these areas of 13 to 15 minutes. The primary goal of an emergency medical service system is to reduce the probability of death of a victim by providing trained, well-equipped personnel at the scene of an accident or illness in a prompt, efficient, and coordinated manner. Research studies indicate that fifty percent of those who die from traumatic injuries die outside the hospital emergency department. Seventy percent of our nation's traffic fatalities occur in rural areas; however, rural areas represent only forty percent of the nation's population. The ACT Foundation (Advanced Coronary Treatment) reported that the chances for recovery of a victim in ventricular fibrillation is 25 out of 100 when the medical response time is within five minutes. The rate drops to 1 out of 100 when the medical response time is 10 minutes. A victim of cardiac arrest may die in 4-6 minutes. It is not economically feasible to operate and maintain an ambulance service in every town and junction in the county. However, it is most desirable to have medically trained personnel located in close proximity to the citizens so that life sustaining measures may be given in the first few minutes after the occurrence of an accident or illness. A First Responder Program is a logical and economically feasible way to insure that prehospital care is available to the rural citizens in the first minutes when life or death may be decided. SECTION 2: Requirements for Certification of a First Responder Agency or an Individual First Responder. No agency or department shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, be engaged in or profess to be engaged in service as a first responder agency unless that agency holds a currently valid certificate to operate as a first responder agency issued by the Cabarrus County Office of Emergency Services and approved by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners or its designated representative. No person shall operate, conduct, maintain, advertise be engaged in or profess to be engaged in business or service of a first responder unless that person is affiliated with a certified first responder agency and holds a currently valid certificate to operate as a first responder issued by the Cabarrus County Office of Emergency Services and approved by the agency's Fire Chief or designee~ Section 3. Application and Granting Process for Certification as a First Responder or an Individual First Responder. Application for certificate to operate as a first responder agency in Cabarrus County by an applicant agency shall be filed with the Cabarrus County Office of Emergency Services. This application shall be made upon such forms as may be prepared by the Cabarrus County Office of Emergency Services and shall contain: A. The name and address of the applicant agency. B. The trade name of the applicant agency under which its business is conducted. C. The fire district in which it will operate. D. A plan describing how the agency will respond when dispatched on first responder calls. E. Any information Cabarrus County Office of Emergency Services shall deem reasonably necessary for a fair determination of the capacity of the applicant agency to provide first responder service in the service area in accordance with Cabarrus County requirements. Upon receipt of an application approved by the Advisory board, a certificate to operate as a first responder agency in Cabarrus County, the