We hope everyone had a relaxing and fun-filled Independence Day weekend. SORS had a wonderful time celebrating and providing EMS coverage for Chapel Hill's Fourth of July Fireworks. Have a wonderful rest of the week and stay cool out there!
About us
An all volunteer EMS and Technical Rescue organization providing emergency response and community education. South Orange specializes in swiftwater rescue, high-angle rope rescue, and lost/missing person search and rescue. South Orange Rescue is located in the Carrboro / Chapel Hill area of Orange County North Carolina.
- Website
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http://sors.us
External link for South Orange Rescue Squad
- Industry
- Public Safety
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Carrboro, NC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1971
- Specialties
- EMS, Technical Rescue, SRT, rope rescue, water rescue, CPR, SAR, and Search and Rescue
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
202 Roberson St
Carrboro, NC 27510, US
Employees at South Orange Rescue Squad
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Alex Torpey
A Town Manager rethinking governance, management, community, mind, and life.
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Leah Tilden
Assessment Development Manager at Ascend Learning
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Matthew Mauzy
Emergency Response Technology Manager - Office of the CIO
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Matthew Rosenthal MS-IDT EMT
Master-prepared Instructional Designer; e-Learning Developer; Health Professions Simulationist; EMT & BLS/CPR Instructor
Updates
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Our supporters are heroes, too! Your support makes our EMS, technical rescue and CPR work possible. Not a donor yet? That’s easy to fix. Just follow the steps at sors.us/donations. Any amount helps us help our community in times of need. Our all-volunteer squad appreciates you! #ems #technicalrescue #cpr #ocnc
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If your activities include being outside, a lightning safety plan can reduce your risk. Here’s what you need to know: 1. Check the forecast 2. Set lightning alerts in your weather app 3. Locate the safest nearby lightning shelter 4. Estimate how long it will take to get there 5. Stay alert 6. Call 9-1-1 if anyone gets hurt Remember: The safest place to be when it’s lightning is inside. Get more safety tips from our friends at NOAA https://loom.ly/ce_bhkg. 📸: Maximillian Krause #lightningsafetyawarenessweek #lightning #ems
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Summer means fun outside and thunderstorms. If lightning is in the forecast, avoid tall objects and high elevations, wide open spaces, bodies of water, partial structures like carports and dugouts, and open vehicles like tractors and carts. Remember: the best place to be when there’s lightning is inside! Get more safety tips from ReadyNC at loom.ly/ntg6We0 📸: Diamond T Design #lightningsafetyawarenessweek #lightning #ems #summer
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The next few days are going to be really hot. Follow this advice to stay safe in the extreme heat and call 9-1-1 if you need help. We’re here when you need us. Get more extreme heat safety tips from readync.gov/extreme-heat. #extremeheat #staysafe #ocnc
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Our volunteers do it all, including keeping the station looking good. ✨ Huge thanks to the crew who gave the day room a fresh coat of Carolina Blue paint: board members Leyla and Sachi, and squad members Ananth, Brianna, Cole, Soorya, Claire, Thomas, Gabi, Karthik, Neil, Sushrit and Andrea. 🧡 You can meet some of these folks and tour the station at our Open House from 11-2 on June 23 at 202 Roberson Street in Carrboro! Learn more about our all-volunteer squad at sors.us. 🚑
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We had a great time covering Baseball Regionals at Boshamer Stadium. Our crew got to meet Mia, UNC's newest therapy dog in training! Want to learn more about what we do? Check out www.sors.us
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Do you know how to do CPR and use an AED? Today, on the last day of National CPR and AED Awareness Week, we encourage you to gain these life saving skills by taking a CPR class. You can sign up here: sors.us/cpr