Northview: South County
South County was originally created as a private modification for Emergency Operations Command (EOC), an Emergency 4 Roleplaying clan. We've decided to make this modification free for public use. A small team of 4 people spent about 4 solid months on this project, and we hope you enjoy it!
The Story:
This modification is a sequel to the Northview Creekside modification (no longer available for download) and takes place in the fictional county of Northview, USA. While the exact location (ie. state or region) of Northview County has been purposely made ambiguous, this modification takes place in the southern portion of the county.
Welcome to South County! Set in the City of Lincoln Heights, located in the semi-arid southern region of the Northview County, you are tasked with managing the emergency services for this unincorporated city. The tale of Lincoln Heights is a tragic affair. Once sparsely populated, Lincoln Heights was developed into a middle class Mecca for those who wished to escape the heavily urbanized Northview City. For years, Lincoln Heights was the ideal place to raise a family with good schools, good folks, and most importantly, good property values. Unfortunately, things took a sharp turn for the worst as corruption and embezzlement took hold within the core of city government. Through bribery of key city council members by large corporations, much of the city was rezoned into commercial and residential zones. The rapid industrialization and commercialization of Lincoln heights led to a rapid drop in home values. In an effort to offset the loss of tax revenue from rezoning much of the residential zones, the city began investing in the development of “affordable” housing. This plan backfired. The city-funded housing developments attracted many low income families from Northview City looking to escape the violence and gang activity of the big city. Unfortunately, many seemed to bring these vary elements of the big city with them. Since most of these new residents did not make a good source of tax revenue, the City of Lincoln Heights lost millions on their investment. Things did not look good. As crime rates increased, so did joblessness and homelessness. The city police department soon became overwhelmed as did it’s fire department. In 2011, Lincoln Heights filed for bankruptcy. Soon after, a whistle blower within the city government released that the City Manager had received thousands of dollars in bribes from individuals affiliated with organized crime. An investigation was immediately launched by the state and federal law enforcement agencies. After nearly a year-long investigation, not only was it found that the City manager had in fact accepted thousands in bribes, but that there was a much larger underlying embezzlement scandal in the works. Up until the point of the city’s bankruptcy, the mayor, city manager, and several members of the city council had embezzled over $15 million in city funds over the course of 7 years. On June 22, 2012, the corrupt city officials were arrested and charged with multiple counts of embezzlement, corruption, and money laundering. With the corrupt behind bars, a vigorous attempt was made to revive the dying city. In an attempt to save the city, police, fire and EMS services were taken over by Northview County. Now, as the bureaucrats attempt to clean up the books and get the city back on track, it is your job to clean up the streets. Can you handle the high stress and demands needed to supply crucial emergency services to Lincoln Heights?
Images & Preview:
Some featured additions include a new hospital model and a High School with (American) Football field.
Fire Department Vehicles (Skins by Merritt Long, Lights by Losangelesi, Models by Hoppah/freakinmusket)
EMS Units (Skins and Models by Chris07, Base models by NNICO, Lights by Chris07/Losangelesi)
Sherriff's Units (Skins by Merritt Long, Lights by goog1967 from Upgraded LA Mod Police Upgrade)
The Map used in this modification is a heavily modified version of Hoppah's LA Mod freeplay map. It features 4 fire stations, 1 sheriff's station, 1 hospital, and 2 EMS Stations.
The Fine Print:
This modification may be used by anyone for personal play or play amongst friends. However, it is not to be used as a clan modification, meaning this modification may not be used as an official modification for a multiplayer clan.
No publicly released or limited release derivative work may be made from this modification. If you wish to make changes for yourself or a few friends you may, however, it may not be released publicly or released to a larger group (ie. a clan).
The following may be used with permission from losangelesi: The single engine fire station.
Some known bugs:
Hose hookups on Quint and Rescue engine don't line up properly, random fires in the middle of the road, Quint ladder does not hook up to buildings, and crane/tiller buggy in multiplayer.
Future Development:
At this time I do not have plans to continue this modification. This may change if there is enough demand for a new release.
One Final Note:
This modification was designed for multiplayer, so units must be called in manually. If a unit must be explicitly purchased, then it is considered an out of area unit. These are only called in when needed and have no official parking space on the map. Also note that this mod is a little more taxing than usual. Some users may experience lag with some of the lights.
Thanks to the following people:
Hoppah, MikeyPI, Merritt Long, Killerik, losangelesi, goog1967, bama1234, freakinmusket, NathanDollinger, NNICO, M.Young, Helljumper51. Without these people and their direct or indirect contribution to this mod by way of either physical labor, expertise, or permission to use their content, this modification would not exist!
DOWNLOAD
v2.0.5 (Latest) (Changes) - 245.3MB
Primary Download MediaFire
Secondary Download MEGA
Archived Releases
v2.0.4 (Changes) - MEGA - MediaFire (requires Narco's light pack)
v2.0.3 - MEGA - MediaFire (requires Narco's light pack)
If you are getting white boxes where the lights should be, it means that the light pack was not installed properly (if at all). Versions older than v2.0.5 require you to install Narco's light pack. Versions 2.0.5+ come with the light pack bundled so no manual install is needed.
I hope you return to it
I hope there will come more units like boats 
