Listen to fire & police scanners online
You can get updated news on the southern CA fires by listening in on the fire and police scanners from anywhere in the world. There are emergency streams for everywhere, from Santa Clarita to Malibu to San Diego. From what I can hear, the rescue teams are busting ass. These guys rock.
Here’s how to listen to the feeds:
1. Install the Teamspeak client. It works for Mac, Windows and Linux.
2. Follow the step by step instructions at Scannerbuff.
(here’s the short version: run Teamspeak, then choose Connection>Quick Connect. Enter a nickname. Use this server address: radio.scannerbuff.net:8767, and leave the rest blank.
Scannerbuff.net has a listing of other live streams. )
3. Brush up on your police codes: at radiolabs.com. Bonus points if you know morse code.
4. Log out when you’re done and don’t hog bandwidth. People post these streams from their own scanners as a really great public service, so please don’t abuse it!
Note, you can also try publicsafetyfeeds.com though I find Teamspeak has better coverage for LA County.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Just as a point of reference, the Teamspeak feed for Los Angeles County Fire and the Public Safety Feeds feed are the same feed. Both stream from Whittier, CA (central Los Angeles County). The feed is simulcast using one remote controlled radio, so coverage is identical. We provide both streaming formats for listener convenience, although Teamspeak allows for real-time chatting in the channel. We gleen so much more from one another compared to just listening. Thank you also for noting that we provide these feeds for free and that bandwidth cost me money
If there is a major Southern California fire you are almost guaranteed to hear directly from the fire lines using either format. Even the recent Butler II fire that threatened Fawnskin was streamed from Fawnskin. Thanks for mentioning us!