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    I'm sitting here listing to the scanner for the Police in my County

    The world's largest source of public safety, aircraft, rail, and marine radio live audio streams
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    My county in Florida is listed on the site as not being available. I have a Uniden scanner at the house that we used all the time, but our county sherrifs agency and county fire/rescue went to a trunked system. We can still hear the fire dispatcher's end of the transmission, but no police at all.
    Living in a heavily wooded rural area the fire dispatcher at least lets us know what's going on when we see smoke. Wildfires are a big deal around these parts.
    "There is nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." Winston Churchill
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    • #3
      I posted this a few months ago .
      Ok , here goes some of my trade secrets , that I will pass on to others . I have seen all the posts about what to do when SHTF , but nothing really on when we will know . I am a emergency responder and I subscribe to three services which keep me updated on live events . I get pages to my cell phone that alert me to fires , tornadoes , heavy storms , major police actions , haz-mat situations and a variety of other disasters . They cost about 9$ a month for the normal subscriber or 30$ a month for the corporate ( which gives a little more info ) subscriber .
      Anyone can subscribe , you just go their sites and sign up , then you will be updated on events in your area as they unfold . You can set them up to post what events you want to get pages for . I even get traffic updates . The sites are http://www.breakingnewsnetwork.com/ , http://www.incidentpage.net and http://www.1rwn.com/ .
      I would suggest anyone of the 3 , they are mostly redundant , but I use all three , because sometimes one will pick up something the others don't . I have noticed that most times this gives about 30-60 mins head start on MAJOR events ( World Trade Center ) and about 2-4 hours on smaller local events . Most of your News agencies use some of these to know where to send their crews , so by the time they load up a truck , fight traffic and setup you have lost an hour at least , then it gets fed to studio , rehashed , then produced , then will hit the air . But if your not on radio/tv you won't know till too late what is/has happened .
      I hope this is helpful , I live on my paging system . It does become addicting , I will leave town for pleasure and I still have to keep myself posted on my local situations .
      Another cheap and easy way to follow the situations as they are happening , is to use a Smartphone , they have scanner apps that will allow you to listen in on fire/police radio live . I don't normally scan , unless I get a page for a certain event , then I will load up that county and listen as I head there , so I am prepared when I arrive on scene .

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      • #4
        Updates sent to my cell phone? Heck, to get a cell signal we have to mount up and drive out to the paved road to get a signal.:D
        But the site on the original post linked me to a site about scanners capable of picking up trunked transmissions. I had been led to believe this type scanner was many hundreds of dollars, but it seems to not be the case. Now I've just gotta sell The Wife (She Who Must Be Obeyed) on the need for one. Ever since the wildfire almost got our homestead she gets real nervous about the smell of smoke.
        "There is nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." Winston Churchill
        Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, American Legion, AMVETS, Society of the Fifth Infantry Division

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Blowmax10 View Post
          I'm sitting here listing to the scanner for the Police in my County

          http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/
          Nobody has ever accused me of being a computer guru! I couldn't get the thing to work. I got all the pretty graphics swirling around, but no sound! Sometimes it's really aggravating to be computer challenged! lol

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          • #6
            Originally posted by slingshot View Post
            Nobody has ever accused me of being a computer guru! I couldn't get the thing to work. I got all the pretty graphics swirling around, but no sound! Sometimes it's really aggravating to be computer challenged! lol
            I was unable to either. It didnt offer anything except one area which is some ways away from me and even then it didnt work.
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            • #7
              With the websites I listed they also have live feeds , so can listen or see them on your computer . I have them running sometimes when Im working in the office .

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Mikeg175 View Post
                With the websites I listed they also have live feeds , so can listen or see them on your computer . I have them running sometimes when Im working in the office .
                I too agree with this guy...
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