North Carolina

Strategic Technology

Reserve (STR) Program

Tanya Luter

NC State Highway Patrol

tluter@ncshp.org

919-662-4440

Overview

PSIC funding went to the purchase of 2 portable towers and 6

deployable cache radio trailers to be strategically placed within the

State

North Carolina has 9 Domestic Preparedness Regions (D.P.R)

PSIC STR

Portable Tower (2)

(1) VHF Repeater

(1) UHF Repeater

(1) 800 MHz Conventional Repeater

Rack Mounted tactical patch solution

Minimum of 80’ telescoping tower

Deployable cache radio trailer (6)

14 foot utility trailers

Rack chargers

Pelican cases for radio storage

20 VHF, 20 UHF, 20 800MHz, 20 Family Service Radios

6.5 kw portable generator

Laptop and printer

Workbench and basic tools

Success Stories

Hurricane Earl• Deployment of radio trailers to both Currituck County EM

and Carteret County EM for interoperable communications

Greene County murder of a Sheriff Deputy• Radio trailer bridged communications between Greene

County Sheriff’s Office and SBI

Emerald Isle PD water tower upgrade– portable tower used for 6 months

Other usage:• US Women’s Open – deployment of portable tower• Nuclear power plant exercises – deployment of radio

trailer• Local events – deployment of radio trailer and possible

portable tower for public safety