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| Alamance || All PD, FD, and EMS with exception of Burlington PD and FD (Guilford System)
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| Alamance || 100% VIPER, Burlington PD & FD on Guilford System
 
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| Alexander ||  
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| Alexander || VHF With Viper Patches
 
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| Alleghany || Part time (?) VHF patch of Sheriff to VIPER
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| Alleghany || VHF patch of Sheriff to VIPER
 
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| Anson || EMS and Sheriff on VIPER
 
| Anson || EMS and Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Ashe || Sheriff and Fire VHF patched to VIPER. Fire patch temp down as of march 2021.  
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| Ashe || Most county agencies on VHF. Sheriff, Fire and Rescue/EMS dispatch channels patch to VIPER.
 
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| Avery || Beech Mtn police and fire special ops use. Possible county fire patch to VHF???
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| Avery || Most county agencies on VHF. Beech Mountain PD heard using their VIPER talk groups more has a late 2022.
 
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| Beaufort ||  
 
| Beaufort ||  
 
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| Bertie || Sheriff and Windsor PD using VIPER
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| Bertie || Sheriff and Windsor PD on VIPER
 
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| Bladen || 100% VIPER
 
| Bladen || 100% VIPER
 
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| Brunswick || All agencies on VIPER
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| Brunswick || 100% VIPER
 
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| Buncombe || VIPER is used as backup to the county system. EOC also has patch capabilities.  
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| Buncombe || Backup to the county P25 system. Used primarily by Mission Hospital RTS & MAMA.
 
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| Burke || EMS 100% (VHF paging), Sheriff 100%, Morganton PD/Fire 100%, County Fire VHF paging with MotoBridge Patch to VHF
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| Burke || 100% VIPER
 
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| Cabarrus || Cabarrus SO and Concord PD use Viper for drug surveillance
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| Cabarrus || 100% UASI
 
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| Caldwell || All LEO, EMS and Lenoir FD and PD. Some Fire, EMS, & Rescue still VHF.
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| Caldwell || Law Enforcement, EMS and Emergency Management 100% VIPER. Fire departments still mostly use VHF.  
 
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| Camden || Sheriff switched over to VIPER
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| Camden || Sheriff on VIPER.
 
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| Carteret || Some LE and EMS, Atlantic Beach PD on Viper
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| Carteret || Law Enforcement and EMS, Atlantic Beach PD 100% VIPER
 
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| Caswell || Emergency Services and EMS
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| Caswell || Sheriff and Fire on UHF, EMS on VIPER.
 
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| Catawba || EMS and Sheriff's Office is VIPER, Co Fire, Rescue, and Hickory Fire has capability, usage is mixed VHF/VIPER via patch
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| Catawba || 100% VIPER, Hickory PD are on their own system however will be moving to VIPER around 2025.
 
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| Chatham || Fire patched to VIPER
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| Chatham || VHF/UHF conventional. Fire has been confirmed as being patched to VIPER
 
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| Cherokee || Sheriff
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| Cherokee || Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Cherokee Tribal Indian Reservation || Uses VIPER as backup. Primary for hospital calling.
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| Cherokee Tribal Indian Reservation || Used some by EMS.
 
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| Chowan || Edenton PD, Sheriff and EMS using VIPER but not FD
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| Chowan || Sheriff, Edenton PD, & EMS on VIPER
 
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| Clay ||
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| Clay || Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Cleveland || own system but all radios have VIPER
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| Cleveland || County Trunked System
 
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| Columbus ||
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| Columbus || 100% VIPER
 
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| Craven || Sheriff and FD have VIPER capabilities
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| 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.
 
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| Cumberland || 100% VIPER although Fayetteville is still on their stand alone system  
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| Cumberland || 100% VIPER, City of Fayetteville on their stand alone system.
 
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| Currituck ||  not on VIPER
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| Currituck ||   
 
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| 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 ). 14502 is patched to TG 14618 on Dare's P25 system  
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| Dare ||  Has it's own P25 system but is deeply integrated with VIPER (including patched talkgroups)<br>
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all radios have access. Dare MedFlight uses VIPER TG 14502 ( Dare EMS ). <br>
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14502 is patched to TG 14618 on Dare's P25 system  
 
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| Davidson || In the process of switching to VIPER. Denton and Lexington PD are full-time VIPER as is Lexington FD. Thomasville is on the Guilford County TRS. Fire is patched to VIPER from VHF.
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| Davidson || 100% VIPER. Thomasville is on the Guilford County TRS.
 
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| Davie || Fire and EMS/Rescue patch VHF dispatch channels to VIPER. EMS nearly all direct on VIPER. Fire on both VIPER and VHF. Davie SO on VIPER... UHF no longer used.
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| Davie || 100% VIPER
 
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| Duplin || Sheriff and EMS, some fire. Fire Dispatch TG patched to 154.145 VHF. Sheriff Dispatch TG patched to 155.625 VHF
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| Duplin || 100% VIPER, County Fire Dispatch (VHF) and County Fire Ops 1 (VHF) are Hard Patched with thier respective VIPER TG.
 
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| Durham || Standalone system to many units have VIPER to be able to talk to Wake, Granville and Orange units
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| Durham || County Trunked System
 
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| Edgecombe || FIRE,EMS,SO and EM are all Operating on VIPER but still being dispatched off of VHF.
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| Edgecombe || 100% VIPER
 
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| Forsyth || Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Motorola SmartZone trunking system. Not using VIPER. 911 center does have a VIPER HT out on one of the desks.
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| Forsyth || County Trunked System
 
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| Franklin || EMS has equipped all ambulances with VIPER radios, Sheriff on Viper
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| Franklin || Sheriff & EMS patched to VIPER
 
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| Gaston ||  All of Gaston (Excluding Mount Holly and City of Gastonia) on VIPER.
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| Gaston ||  100% VIPER, Gastonia PD & FD on UASI Site 10
 
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| Gates || Sheriff and EMS using VIPER (being patched to their old freqs)
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| Gates || Sheriff & EMS on VIPER  
 
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| Graham ||
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| Graham ||Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Granville || Sheriff,PD,FD,EMS using Viper
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| Granville || 100% VIPER
 
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| Greene || All VIPER
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| Greene || 100% VIPER
 
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| Guilford || Not using VIPER; Using the Greensboro/Guilford County trunked system; High Point on own stand-alone system
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| Guilford || County Trunked System
 
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| Halifax ||
 
| Halifax ||
 
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| Harnett || Sheriff, EMS, FD, Lillington PD all on Viper
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| Harnett || 100% VIPER
 
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| Haywood || EMS uses VIPER. Other agencies use VIPER for mutual aid purposes/interoperability  
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| Haywood || EMS 100% VIPER   
 
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| Henderson || VIPER used for interoperability, not used regularly
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| Henderson || Used as an occasional backup & for hospital reports to Pardee/Park Ridge
 
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| Hertford ||
 
| Hertford ||
 
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| Hoke || Fire and Ems on Viper, almost all on VIPER
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| Hoke || 100% VIPER
 
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| Hyde || all VIPER
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| Hyde || 100% VIPER
 
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| Iredell || Sheriff And Fire Simulcasted To VIPER (All Radios Have Access). Iredell EMS / Rescue - Full VIPER Use (VHF Paging)  Troutman PD - Full Viper Use. Backup for Statesville / Mooresville (Have Own Trunked System).
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| Iredell || Iredell Sheriffs 100% VIPER, County fire departments Shepherds, Mount Mourne, Lake Norman, and South Iredell use the Mooresville site on the UASI radio system. North End fire departments use VIPER. The City of Statesville uses their own P25 Phase 1 system.
 
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| Jackson || Not used regularly. Cherokee Tribal does use it as a backup.
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| Jackson || Used by EMS for hospital comms
 
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| Johnston || Has their own stand-alone P25 TRS
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| Johnston || Primary operations are on the Johnston County P25 TRS. 911 center has the ability to patch county system with VIPER as needed.
 
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| Jones ||
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| Jones || FD and Sheriff patched to VIPER. Primary on TRS. Patched activated when keyed. All radios have access to VIPER.
 
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| Lee || Using VHF/UHF and a NXDN TRS. Some communications also patched to VIPER such as EMS.
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| 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
 
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| Lenoir ||
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| Lenoir ||Primary operations are on the Lenoir County P25 TRS. Has ability to patch with VIPER as needed.
 
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| Lincoln || Switching some comms to VIPER
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| Lincoln || 100% VIPER
 
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| Macon || used by MAMA2 (helo), All agencies have capability
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| Macon || Traffic on VIPER, paging on legacy county analog system
 
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| Madison || EMS uses VIPER after dispatch
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| Madison || EMS on VIPER  
 
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| Martin || LE on VIPER
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| Martin || Law Enforcement on VIPER
 
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| McDowell || EMS, EM, Fire Chiefs and ARES have radios for backup & special ops.  Some Lake James SP rangers have radios
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| McDowell ||  
 
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| Mecklenburg || EOC has VIPER patch capabilities.  CMC on VIPER
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| Mecklenburg || 100% UASI
 
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| Mitchell || Law enforcement fully VIPER, EMS patched to VIPER, Fire/Rescue VHF Dispatch and TAC channels patched into VIPER at E911 center.
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| Mitchell || Law enforcement fully VIPER, EMS patched to VIPER, Fire/Rescue VHF Dispatch and TAC<br>
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channels patched into VIPER at E911 center.
 
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| Montgomery || EMS, LEO active on Viper
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| Montgomery || EMS, LEO active on VIPER
 
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| Moore || Viper used
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| Moore || 100% VIPER
 
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| Nash || Sheriffs Office, Nashville PD, Rocky Mount PD has VIPER Capabilities
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| Nash || 100% VIPER, Rocky Mount uses their own system
 
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| New Hanover ||
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| New Hanover ||  
 
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| Northampton ||
 
| Northampton ||
 
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| Onslow ||
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| Onslow || 100% Onslow/Jacksonville System
 
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| Orange || All Viper
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| Orange || 100% VIPER
 
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| Pamlico || Sheriff on Viper
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| Pamlico || 100% VIPER
 
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| Pasquotank || Eliz City Animal Control only using VIPER
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| Pasquotank || 100% VIPER, Fire/ EMS Dispatch on VHF
 
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| Pender || all VIPER
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| Pender || 100% VIPER
 
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| Perquimans || Sheriff on VIPER
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| Perquimans || Sheriff on VIPER, Fire/ EMS Patched to VIPER
 
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| Person ||
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| Person || 100% VIPER
 
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| Pitt || All LEO and all Greenville PD and FD (except FD paging on 154.355)
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| Pitt || 100% VIPER
 
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| Polk || TGs assigned, Pub. Safety Agcys have W/Ts (1 per), not in use as of 8/11.Sheriff Department has been using Viper occasionally.
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| Polk || Not used-no foreseeable plans for switching.
 
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| Randolph || All on VIPER, Fire & Ems paging on 154.415, Rand Fire 1 TG linked to 155.895
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| Randolph || 100% VIPER
 
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| Richmond || Sheriff
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| Richmond || Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Robeson || Most Fire units and all Sheriff/EMS have VIPER.
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| Robeson || 100% VIPER  
 
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| Rockingham || All VIPER; EMS, Rescue and Fire simulcasted on VHF/UHF. Low band still simulcasted for Fire.
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| Rockingham || 100% VIPER
 
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| Rowan || Not on VIPER... uses their own stand-alone TRS. Does have VIPER radios for introp purposes.
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| Rowan || County Trunked System
 
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| Rutherford || Used by Lake Lure PD/FD
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| Rutherford || Lake Lure PD/FD on VIPER. Rutherford FD/PD/EMS on Viper.
 
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| Scotland || Fire, Sheriff have radios, not on VIPER. All EMS traffic on VIPER.
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| Scotland || EMS on VIPER.
 
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| Sampson || All VIPER. EMS Dispatch TG Patched to 461.000
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| Sampson || 100% VIPER
 
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| Stanly || EMS and Sheriff
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| Stanly || 100% UASI
 
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| Stokes || Fire simulcast VHF dispatch channels to VIPER, LE completely on VIPER
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| Stokes || 100% VIPER see Radio Reference NC VIPER PAGE for talkgroups
 
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| Surry || Sheriff and EMS full time VIPER. Fire on both VIPER and VHF
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| Surry || Sheriff and EMS on VIPER. Fire on both VIPER and VHF
 
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| Swain || VIPER not used.
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| Swain ||
 
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| Transylvania || EM on occasion
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| Transylvania || Backup. Some EM usage.
 
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| Tyrrell ||  Sheriff on VIPER
 
| Tyrrell ||  Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Union ||
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| Union || 100% UASI
 
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| Vance || most fire, EMS, Sheriff and Henderson PD/FD
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| Vance || 100% VIPER
 
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| Wake || Sheriff on patch to VIPER/WAKE simulcast, Cary City excluded, Holly Springs PD, Wake EMS uses both Wake TRS (dispatch and county ops) and Viper (to hospital), RPD not heard on Viper. Raleigh FD Dispatch Only still simulcast on 154.37, 151.115 and 159.000.  
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| Wake ||Cary City on Site 1 of Cary/Wake TRS<br>
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Wake EMS uses Viper for EMS to hospital<br>
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Wake Co PD, Fire, and EMS using Site 2 of Cary/Wake TRS for all communications. <br>
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Raleigh Fire, Wake Fire, and Wake EMS Locution alerts are still simulcast on conventional frequencies.<br>
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Wake Co Public Safety has backup talkgroups on viper.
 
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| Warren || EMS on Viper
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| Warren || 100% VIPER
 
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| Washington || Sheriff using VIPER
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| Washington || Sheriff on VIPER
 
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| Watauga || Emergency Management and minor Sheriff use on VIPER. Boone PD using for special ops. EMS Patient information and updates on VIPER, normal dispatching and operations still on VHF. App State Campus police 100% VIPER. Backup and minor use for county fire departments. Seven Devils Police has be heard on VIPER more often as of January 2021.  
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| 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.
 
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| Wayne || County has thier own P25 system. 911 Center has capabilities to patch into VIPER as needed for interoperability. EMS units have VIPER radios with VMN talkgroups for hospital communications.
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| 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.
 
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| Wilkes || Minor Sheriff use on VIPER. Fire and EMS patch with VHF, possible rescue squad patch aswell.
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| Wilkes || All county agencies on VHF. Sheriff and fire patch to VIPER.
 
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| Wilson || City of Wilson PD and Wilson County EMS on VIPER; all others unknown
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| Wilson||City of Wilson as well as County EMS and S.O. are on VIPER. County Fire is on Conventional VHF frequencies.
 
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| Yadkin || Nearly all comms on VHF. Some NARC traffic on VIPER.
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| Yadkin || VHF
 
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| Yancey || EMS uses VIPER after dispatch on VHF.
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| Yancey || EMS on VIPER  
 
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*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
 
*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
  
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*note - NCSHP is 100% VIPER
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*Note - NCSHP is 100% VIPER, though may be patched to other systems
  
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*Note - NC Forest Service mostly on VHF, has VIPER capabilities  
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*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.
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*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]]<br/>
 
*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]]<br/>

Latest revision as of 18:20, 4 March 2024

NC Counties VIPER Status Page

PLEASE EDIT YOUR COUNTY INFO. PLEASE POST EVEN IF YOU YOUR COUNTY IS NOT ON VIPER YET. THANKS

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. Beech Mountain PD heard using their VIPER talk groups more has a late 2022.
Beaufort
Bertie Sheriff and Windsor PD on VIPER
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.
Carteret Law Enforcement and EMS, Atlantic Beach PD 100% 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 VHF/UHF conventional. Fire has been confirmed as being patched to VIPER
Cherokee Sheriff on VIPER
Cherokee Tribal Indian Reservation Used some by EMS.
Chowan Sheriff, Edenton PD, & EMS on VIPER
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
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 ).
14502 is patched to TG 14618 on Dare's P25 system

Davidson 100% VIPER. Thomasville is on the Guilford County 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
Graham Sheriff on VIPER
Granville 100% VIPER
Greene 100% VIPER
Guilford County Trunked System
Halifax
Harnett 100% VIPER
Haywood EMS 100% VIPER
Henderson Used as an occasional backup & for hospital reports to Pardee/Park Ridge
Hertford
Hoke 100% VIPER
Hyde 100% VIPER
Iredell Iredell Sheriffs 100% VIPER, County fire departments Shepherds, Mount Mourne, Lake Norman, and South Iredell use the Mooresville site on the UASI radio system. North End fire departments use VIPER. The City of Statesville uses their own P25 Phase 1 system.
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
McDowell
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
Northampton
Onslow 100% Onslow/Jacksonville System
Orange 100% VIPER
Pamlico 100% VIPER
Pasquotank 100% VIPER, Fire/ EMS Dispatch on VHF
Pender 100% VIPER
Perquimans Sheriff on VIPER, Fire/ EMS Patched to VIPER
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.
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
Union 100% UASI
Vance 100% VIPER
Wake Cary City on Site 1 of Cary/Wake TRS

Wake EMS uses Viper for EMS to hospital
Wake Co PD, Fire, and EMS using Site 2 of Cary/Wake TRS for all communications.
Raleigh Fire, Wake Fire, and Wake EMS Locution alerts are still simulcast on conventional frequencies.
Wake Co Public Safety has backup talkgroups on viper.

Warren 100% VIPER
Washington Sheriff on 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 VHF
Yancey EMS 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.


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