North Carolina VIPER Counties Verified
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NC Counties VIPER Status Page
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| County | Notes |
|---|---|
| Alamance | 100% VIPER, Burlington PD & FD on Guilford System |
| Alexander | VHF With Viper Patches |
| Alleghany | VHF patch of Sheriff to VIPER |
| Anson | EMS and Sheriff on VIPER |
| Ashe | Most county agencies on VHF. Sheriff, Fire and Rescue/EMS dispatch channels patch to VIPER. |
| Avery | Most county agencies on VHF, LE occasionally on VIPER. Beech Mountain PD heard using their VIPER talk groups more has a late 2022. |
| Beaufort | Sheriff and EMS on VIPER, VHF Fire is patched to VIPER |
| Bertie | Sheriff, Windsor PD, EMS on VIPER. VHF FD and EMS is patched |
| Bladen | 100% VIPER |
| Brunswick | 100% VIPER |
| Buncombe | Backup to the county P25 system. Used primarily by Mission Hospital RTS & MAMA. |
| Burke | 100% VIPER |
| Cabarrus | 100% UASI |
| Caldwell | Law Enforcement, EMS and Emergency Management 100% VIPER. Fire departments still mostly use VHF. |
| Camden | Sheriff on VIPER. EMS IS ON VIPER. FD is dispatched by Pasquotank County on VHF hi band |
| Carteret | Law Enforcement and EMS, Atlantic Beach PD 100% VIPER, VHF is patched fulltime to VIPER |
| Caswell | Sheriff and Fire on UHF, EMS on VIPER. |
| Catawba | 100% VIPER, Hickory PD are on their own system however will be moving to VIPER around 2025. |
| Chatham | County Trunked System |
| Cherokee | Sheriff on VIPER |
| Cherokee Tribal Indian Reservation | Used some by EMS. |
| Chowan | Sheriff and EMS on VIPER, Edenton Police left VIPER using its own repeater. VHF Fire is patched to VIPER. EMS is patched to VHF hi band |
| Clay | Sheriff on VIPER |
| Cleveland | County Trunked System |
| Columbus | 100% VIPER |
| Craven | Craven FD & Sheriff fully patched VIPER. Select New Bern radios have access. Havelock has TGs assigned but not used. MCAS Cherry Point has access. |
| Cumberland | 100% VIPER, City of Fayetteville on their stand alone system. |
| Currituck | County is on its conventional P25 system but uses VIPER in bad signal area like FD/EMS stations. |
| Dare | Has it's own P25 system but is deeply integrated with VIPER (including patched talkgroups) all radios have access. Dare MedFlight uses VIPER TG 14502 ( Dare EMS ). |
| Davidson | 100% VIPER. Thomasville is on the High Point TRS. |
| Davie | 100% VIPER |
| Duplin | 100% VIPER, County Fire Dispatch (VHF) and County Fire Ops 1 (VHF) are Hard Patched with thier respective VIPER TG. |
| Durham | County Trunked System |
| Edgecombe | 100% VIPER |
| Forsyth | County Trunked System |
| Franklin | Sheriff & EMS patched to VIPER |
| Gaston | 100% VIPER, Gastonia PD & FD on UASI Site 10 |
| Gates | Sheriff & EMS on VIPER but EMS still uses some radios on VHF 154.10 Fire is on VHF patched to VIPER |
| Graham | Sheriff on VIPER |
| Granville | 100% VIPER |
| Greene | 100% VIPER |
| Guilford | County Trunked System |
| Halifax | Sheriff using VIPER, so is Roanoke Rapids PD and Fire |
| Harnett | 100% VIPER |
| Haywood | EMS 100% VIPER |
| Henderson | Used as an occasional backup & for hospital reports to Pardee/Park Ridge |
| Hertford | Sheriff is using VHF hi band NXDN patched to VIPER, however EMS and Fire on VIPER are patched to VHF for paging |
| Hoke | 100% VIPER |
| Hyde | 100% VIPER, FD is paged on VHF hi band |
| Iredell | 100% VIPER. The City of Statesville uses a standalone P25 System. Mooresville PD and public works use Site 9 of UASI |
| Jackson | Used by EMS for hospital comms |
| Johnston | Primary operations are on the Johnston County P25 TRS. 911 center has the ability to patch county system with VIPER as needed. |
| Jones | FD and Sheriff patched to VIPER. Primary on TRS. Patched activated when keyed. All radios have access to VIPER. |
| Lee | VHF/UHF conventional. EMS and Fire are patched to the NXDN system... law enforcement may be as well, but this has not yet been confirmed. EMS has also been confirmed to be patched to VIPER |
| Lenoir | Primary operations are on the Lenoir County P25 TRS. Has ability to patch with VIPER as needed. |
| Lincoln | 100% VIPER |
| Macon | Traffic on VIPER, paging on legacy county analog system |
| Madison | EMS on VIPER |
| Martin | Law Enforcement on VIPER. Williamston FD and EMS on VIPER patched to VHF, rest of the county FD and EMS are on VHF patched to VIPER |
| McDowell | Law Enforcement, Rescue Squad, FD on VIPER. Fire and Rescue VHF patched to VIPER, most units on VIPER side of patch. |
| Mecklenburg | 100% UASI |
| Mitchell | Law enforcement fully VIPER, EMS patched to VIPER, Fire/Rescue VHF Dispatch and TAC channels patched into VIPER at E911 center. |
| Montgomery | EMS, LEO active on VIPER |
| Moore | 100% VIPER |
| Nash | 100% VIPER, Rocky Mount uses their own system |
| New Hanover | New Hanover County P25 |
| Northampton | |
| Onslow | 100% Onslow/Jacksonville System |
| Orange | 100% VIPER |
| Pamlico | 100% VIPER |
| Pasquotank | 100% VIPER, Fire/ EMS Dispatch on VHF. Eliz. City State University is on VIPER. |
| Pender | 100% VIPER |
| Perquimans | Sheriff and EMS on VIPER, Fire Patched to VIPER. Some Fire units have VIPER radios installed |
| Person | 100% VIPER |
| Pitt | 100% VIPER |
| Polk | Not used-no foreseeable plans for switching. |
| Randolph | 100% VIPER |
| Richmond | Sheriff on VIPER |
| Robeson | 100% VIPER |
| Rockingham | 100% VIPER |
| Rowan | County Trunked System |
| Rutherford | Lake Lure PD/FD on VIPER. Rutherford FD/PD/EMS on Viper. Forest City on VIPER. Rutherford Co. Sheriff mixed, VHF and VIPER. |
| Scotland | EMS on VIPER. |
| Sampson | 100% VIPER |
| Stanly | 100% UASI |
| Stokes | 100% VIPER see Radio Reference NC VIPER PAGE for talkgroups |
| Surry | Sheriff and EMS on VIPER. Fire on both VIPER and VHF |
| Swain | |
| Transylvania | Backup. Some EM usage. |
| Tyrrell | Sheriff on VIPER, Washington EMS is shared with Tyrrell and is on VIPER patched to VHF |
| Union | 100% UASI |
| Vance | 100% VIPER |
| Wake |
Cary, Apex, & Morrisville PD/FD/Public Works on Site 1 of Cary/Wake TRS. |
| Warren | 100% VIPER |
| Washington | Sheriff and EMS on VIPER (EMS is patched to VHF). VHF FD is patched to VIPER |
| Watauga | Most county agencies on VHF. Boone PD, App State PD and Emergency Management 100% VIPER, use VHF as backup in low coverage areas. County Fire VHF & VIPER patched as of Fall 2023. |
| Wayne | Primary operations are on the Wayne County P25 Simulcast System. 911 center has the ability to patch the county system with VIPER as needed. |
| Wilkes | All county agencies on VHF. Sheriff and fire patch to VIPER. |
| Wilson | City of Wilson as well as County EMS and S.O. are on VIPER. County Fire is on Conventional VHF frequencies. |
| Yadkin | Sheriff, Fire/EMS Dispatch patched to VIPER. Slowly transitioning as of 2024 |
| Yancey | EMS, Law Enforcement on VIPER |
- Keep in mind too that EVERY county and the EBCI have a minimum of 20 radios and a control station in the 911 center. They all have at least six talk groups, LE, FD, EMS, EM, Tac and Mutual Aid
- Note - NCSHP is 100% VIPER, though may be patched to other systems
- Note - NC Forest Service mostly on VHF, has VIPER capabilities. Some districts have a hard patch between VHF and VIPER on thier District Operations Channels.
- Note - Many federal agencies (including FBI, DHS, ICE, and DEA) are also using VIPER either alone or in conjunction with local city/county agencies for investigations, both on Statewide Events and their own assigned TGs.
- Please update the WIKI page for Viper Radio IDs when adding to this page. It can be found at North Carolina VIPER P25 Radio ID's