Agenda - 11-17-2011 - 1 - Attachment 1

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Orange County Emergency Management, North Carolina Final VIPER Anal sis Re ort Au ust 20, 2004 1.0 INTRODUCTION Orange County contracted CTA in December 2001 to support the County with multiple phases of their radio system. Phase 1 Needs Assessment identified the need for Orange County and its communities to upgrade their current radio systems. Phase 2A Long Term System Design focused on how to fulfill this need with a privately owned 800 MHz trunked radio system. Early in 2004, Orange County and its communities expressed interest in NC State Highway Patrol's (NC-SHP) Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER) implementation and requested CTA add an analysis of the VIPER system to the Long Term Report. VIPER is a statewide 800 MHz trunked radio network being implemented by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NC-SHP) to provide multi jurisdiction, multi-agency interoperability. Interoperability with VIPER is a requirement of Orange County and the Governor's Crime Commission. The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety/State Highway Patrol (DCCPS/SHP) are the designated State agencies responsible for the implementation of the VIPER network. Orange County and its communities have begun the process to become partners with NC State Highway Patrol on the VIPER system. NC-SHP has taken responsibility for the VIPER backbone design of the radio sites and equipment providing radio coverage to Orange County. Orange County's participation in this project would involve adding sites to supplement VIPER Orange County coverage, selection and procurement ofnon-fixed subscriber radios, plus the design and procurement of PSAP dispatch equipment compatible with the VIPER system. Section 1-Introduction r,„ ~ Page 3 of 43 ,`_., ; ..