Dare County (NC)

10 Codes

1 SIGNAL WEAK
2 SIGNAL GOOD
3 STOP TRANSMITTING
4 AFFIRMATIVE (OK)
5 RELAY
6 BUST
7 OUT OF SERVICE
8 IN SERVICE
9 SAY AGAIN
10 NEGATIVE
12 STAND BY (STOP)
13 EXISTING CONDITIONS
15 MESSAGE DELIVERED
16 REPLY TO MESSAGE
17 ENROUTE
18 URGENT
19 (IN) CONTACT
20 LOCATION
21 CALL ______ BY PHONE
22 DISREGARD
23 ARRIVED AT SCENE
24 ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED
25 REPORT TO (MEET)
26 ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
27 LICENSE/PERMIT INFORMATION
28 OWNERSHIP INFORMATION (VEHICLE)
29 RECORDS CHECK
30 DANGER/CAUTION
31 PICK UP
32 ___________ UNITS NEEDED (SPECIFIC)
33 HELP ME QUICK
34 TIME
40 FIGHT IN PROGRESS
41 BEGINNING TOUR OF DUTY
42 ENDING TOUR OF DUTY
43 CHASE
44 RIOT
45 BOMB THREAT
46 BANK ALARM
47 COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT QUICKLY
48 DETAINING SUBJECT EXPEDITE
49 DRAG RACING
50 ACCIDENT PD, PI, F
51 WRECKER NEEDED
52 AMBULANCE NEEDED
53 ROAD BLOCKED
54 HIT AND RUN PD, PI, F
55 INTOXICATED DRIVER
56 INTOXICATED PEDESTRIAN
57 REQUEST BREATHALYZER OPERATOR
58 DIRECT TRAFFIC
59 CONVOY OR ESCORT
60 INVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
61 STOPPING SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
62 BURLARY/BREAKING & ENTERING
63 INVESTIGATE _____ AT ________
65 REPORT OF ARMED ROBBERY
66 NOTIFY MEDICAL EXAMINER
68 LIVESTOCK ON HIGHWAY
69 ADVISE TELEPHONE NUMBER
70 IMPROPERLY PARKED VEHICLE
71 IMPROPER USE OF VEHICLE
72 HAVE PRISONER IN CUSTODY
73 MENTAL SUBJECT
74 PRISON OR JAIL BREAK
75 RECORDS INDICATE STOLEN OR W
77 ASSIST FIRE DEPARTMENT
78 ABANDONED VEHICLE
79 VEHICLE FIRE
80 CARELESS & WRECKLESS DRIVER
81 REPORT OF HIGH SPEED
82 DISABLED MOTORIST
83 IMPROPER REGISTARTION
84 OPERATIONS LICENSE VIOLATION
85 MINI BIKE/ GO CART VIOLATION
86 DOMESTIC IN PROGRESS

Signal Codes

01 HOMICIDE
02 RAPE
03 OCEAN RESCUE
04 SPECIAL DUTY
05 OBSERVING
06 DRUG CASE
07 MEET ME AT
08 EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES
09 10-7 MEAL (GIVE LOCATION)
10 SUICIDE (USE WORDING POSSIBLE IF NEEDED)
11 PREPARE FOR EMERGENCY DUTY MAINTAIN RADIO/TELEPHONE CONTACT
12 REPORT TO ____ AT ____ FOR EMERGENCY DUTY/ASSIGNMENT
13 CONVICTION REVOCATION FOR OFFENSE OTHER THAN DWI
14 CURRENT SUSPENSION/REVOCATION FOR OFFENSE OTHER THAN DWI
15 10-6 WITH VIOLATOR/SUSPECT IN VEHICLE CAN'T SPEAK AT THIS TIME
16 CAN'T SAY OR ADVISE BY RADIO
17 VEHICLE OF PERSON POSSIBLY CONTAINS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
18 ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
19 SEARCH WARRANT
20 ADVISE S.E.R.T. TEAM MEMBERS
21 COVERING DISTRICT WITH (1) DEPUTY
22 COVERING (2) DISTRICTS
23 MESSAGE REQUIRING SPECIAL HANDNLING (ANSWER IS REQUESTED)
24 25 _____NEEDS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO MAKE ARREST OF RESISTING PERSON REPORT
26 PIN COMPUTER TERMINAL TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVCE
27 28 29 SLOW YOUR RESPONSE
30 CAUTION/DANGER (ALSO USE THIS WHEN ALERTING OFFICERS OF ARMED SUSPECTS OR WEAPONS)
"C" FELON
"B" REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER

Department paging tones

Primary county VHF dispatching frequency 155.7375 MHz

ALL-CALL LONG-B (Activates all pagers countywide) 539.0

Dare County EMS

EMS ALL CALL LONG-B 483.5
EMS Ops 634.5 788.5
EMS Station 1 Kill Devil Hills 368.5 457.9
EMS Station 2 Manteo 368.5 483.5
EMS Station 3 Buxton 368.5 539.0
EMS Station 4 Southern Shores 389.0 483.5
EMS Station 5 Nags Head 410.8 349.0
EMS Station 6 Rodanthe 410.8 368.5
EMS Station 7 Dare Medflight (Manteo Airport) 389.0 349.0
EMS Station 8 Manns Harbor 410.8 389.0

Fire Departments

Rescue tones are used to dispatch that department to an EMS First Responder call. Stations 40-48 "Siren" tones may only sound when the department is dispatched on an actual structural fire, depending on that department's protocol (no longer commonly used as of 2016).

North Beaches Stations

FIRE ALL CALL LONG-B 617.3
North Carolina Forest Service (Manteo) 368.5 433.7
Station 11 Duck Volunteer Fire Department Fire 330.5 433.7 Rescue 330.5 457.9
Station 12 Southern Shores Volunteer Fire Department Fire 483.5 330.5 Rescue 483.5 349.0 (East station Hwy 12 & E. Dogwood, South Station beside KHES)
Station 13 Kitty Hawk Fire Department Fire 433.7 368.5 Rescue 433.7 349.0
Station 14 Kill Devil Hills Fire Department Fire 349.0 539.0 Rescue 349.0 433.7
Station 15 Colington Volunteer Fire Department Fire 330.5 349.0 Rescue 330.5 368.5
Station 16 Nags Head Fire Department Fire 410.8 330.5 Rescue 483.5 368.5
Station 20 (Former NHVFD station, now NHOR HQ, no longer utilized as a fire station)
Station 21 Nags Head Fire Department (South Nags Head Station) 410.8 539.0 Rescue 410.8 510.5

Mainland Stations

Station 17 Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department Fire 368.5 389.0 Rescue 368.5 410.8 (North station Manteo, South station Wanchese)
Station 18 Manns Harbor Volunteer Fire Department 330.5 410.8
Station 19 Stumpy Point Volunteer Fire Department 433.7 330.5
Station 22 Dare County Regional Airport (Crash truck and boat, Manteo) 433.7 389.0

Hatteras Island Stations

Station 35 Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (Buxton) 410.8 433.7
Station 40 Hatteras Volunteer Fire Department 330.5 539.0 Siren 389.0 330.5
Station 42 Frisco Volunteer Fire Department Pager 368.5 510.5 Siren 368.5 330.5
Station 44 Buxton Volunteer Fire Department Pager 349.0 368.5 Siren 349.0 330.5
Station 46 Avon Volunteer Fire Department Pager 539.0 389.0 Siren 539.0 330.5
Station 48 Salvo Volunteer Fire Department Pager 457.9 349.0 Siren 457.9 330.5
Station 50 Chicamacomico Volunteer Fire Department (Rodanthe) 368.5 349.0

Ocean Rescue Units

Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue 330.5 510.5
Kitty Hawk Ocean Rescue 410.8 457.9
Nags Head Ocean Rescue 410.8 483.5
Surf Rescue (Duck & Southern Shores) 433.7 410.8

Unit numbers & IDs

Beach Law (No longer applicable as of 2016):

NHPD - lower 100's
KDHPD - lower 600's (Animal control 630+)
KHPD - upper 100's
SSPD - lower 200's
Duck PD - lower 700's

Sheriff (No longer applicable as of 2016):

Colington/Northern beaches area patrol - Adam units
Roanoke Island & Mainland Dare patrol - Bravo Units
Hatteras Island patrol - Charlie units
"D" Units
"S" units
Tango units (Traffic)
Inter-facility inmate transport - Transport units
Zebra units (Drug task force)
Manteo PD - 80's
National Park Service (Hatteras Island) - Park Service 4xx/5xx

EMS:

Ambulance's use 2 digits, the first digit represents the station it's based out of and the second number represents which ambulance it is
EMS supervisors - lower 300's ("fly cars" may be referred to as QRV-x units now)
Dare Medflight pilots - lower 400's

Fire:

First two digits represent station. Numbers above xx20 represent officers or other individual firefighters. All other nomenclature is self explanatory when heard and can vary widely by department.
Fire Marshal - "FM-1" (formerly 940)

Ocean Rescue:

NH, KDH, and KH Ocean rescue supervisors - above xx50 (first two digits represent the town's fire station number designation)
Surf Rescue supervisors (Duck/Southern Shores/Dare County unincorporated beaches) - lower 900's
Individual lifeguards are identified by the beach access they serve or by last name
lifeguards on beach ATV patrol are identified as "Bike xx"

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