Watauga County (NC)

Watauga County Fire Departments

• Station 21-Boone Fire ( 3 stations )
• Station 22-Cove Creek
• Station 23-Deep Gap ( Also has district in Ashe County )
• Station 24-Foscoe
• Station 25-Meat Camp
• Station 26-Beaverdam
• Station 28-Blowing Rock ( 3 stations, also has district in Caldwell County )
• Station 29-Zionville
• Station 30-Stewart Simmons
• Station 32-Seven Devils ( Also has district in Avery County, Public Safety agency )
• Station 33-Shawneehaw
• Station 36-Blowing Rock Rescue Squad ( merged with BRFD in 2009 )
• Station 90-Todd ( Also has district in Ashe County )
• Station 91-Beech Mountain ( Also has district in Avery County )
• Station 41-Fall Creek ( Also has district in Avery County )
• Station 400-Watauga County Rescue Squad

1300 Radio Numbers - App State Mountaineer Medics (on-campus BLS service )

Forestry 1 Radio Number - North Carolina Forest Service ( County Ranger, District 2 )

• All Watauga County Fire Departments ( with the exception of Boone FD and Blowing Rock F&R ) are dispatched on the county fire VHF channel, then will switch to a tac/direct channel once on scene designated by the Incident Commander.

• Watauga Medics and Watauga Rescue Squad use VHF for dispatch and main operations.

Law Enforcement

• 100 Radio Numbers - Sheriffs Office
• 200 Radio Numbers - Boone Police Department
• 300 Radio Numbers - Blowing Rock Police Department
• 500/3200 Radio Numbers - Seven Devils Public Safety Department
• 700 Radio Numbers - App State Univ. Police Department
• 800 Radio Numbers - Beech Mountain Police Department
• 900 Radio Numbers - Hospital Police Department ( ARHS Company Police ),
• F-300 Radio Numbers - North Carolina State Highway Patrol ( Troop F, District 3)

Emergency Services

Radio Numbers - 1100 ( Director ), 1900 & 1901 ( Fire Marshals )

Radio Frequency Information

• Appalachian State University - Campus Police uses VIPER for full time dispatch and their daily communications. The on campus communications center uses the callsign "App State" or "ASU". Statewide and Watauga County VIPER talk-groups and used during their special events ( football games, concerts, etc. ) and many outside and surrounding agencies assist them during these type of large events.

• Town of Blowing Rock has their own communications center with the callsign of "Blowing Rock", for police operations only. Blowing Rock Fire & Rescue is dispatched by Watauga County's communications center on their VHF channel.

• Boone Police full time on VIPER, uses VHF as backup and in low VIPER coverage areas.

• Watauga Sheriffs Office full time on VHF, Uses VIPER for spec ops and in low VHF coverage areas.

• Town of Boone Communications center merged with Watauga County in the summer of 2022. Watauga County Emergency Services dispatches all county/city agencies (with the exception of Blowing Rock Police and Appalachian State) with the callsign of "Watauga".

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