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West Michigan Police & Fire Scanner: Live Calls

Every fire, EMS, crash and police call in the 616, updated every minute, including the fire and EMS dispatches 616 Dispatch's own scanner receiver hears and transcribes. We don't stream audio; this is what the scanner said, written down, with names and house numbers left out.

982 calls heard on dispatch radio in the past week103 calls todayReceiver on air

Heard on the West Michigan scanner

  1. HazardHazard Kentwood · Forest Hill Avenue & Oak Leaf Drive Police requesting Engine 52 respond to a hazardous item 31m
  2. Medical callEMS Blendon Twp · 1300 block of Blendon St 87 year old female, history of bladder cancer, abdominal pain, difficulty breathing 34m
  3. Structure fireFire Zeeland · 100 block of 96th Avenue Structure fire at, a greenhouse building 44m
  4. Medical callEMS Grandville · Fairlanes Avenue & 36th Street Subject hit on a bicycle, female patient awake but altered cleared · 2 min
  5. Medical callEMS Cedar Springs · 400 block of Allan St NE Cedar Springs Fire · 42-year-old female, not breathing cleared · 27 min
  6. Medical callEMS Wyoming · 700 block of Timothy St SE 34-year-old female, chest pain cleared · 1 hr 57 min
  7. Medical callEMS Wyoming · 1700 block of Martindale Ave SW Wyoming Fire · 33-year-old male, difficulty breathing cleared · 14 min
  8. Medical callEMS Byron Twp · 2900 block of 92nd St SW Byron Twp Fire · 71 year old female, altered after a fall cleared · 40 min
  9. Medical callEMS Holland · 4600 block of Rock Parish Court 56-year-old female, chest pain, clammy and sweating, three people cleared · 51 min
  10. Fire department responseFire Spring Lake cleared · 2 min
  11. Medical callEMS Hudsonville · 5300 block of Southbrook Court 55-year-old male, difficulty breathing cleared · 10 min
  12. CrashCrash Wyoming · 900 block of 56th Street Southwest IPhone crash alert from 9-1-1 on the phone, approximate location at the UPS on 56th Southwest cleared · 2 min
  13. Medical callEMS Byron Twp · 7700 block of S Division Ave Byron Twp Fire · Pine Lodge Motel, 38 year old male, pneumonia, difficulty breathing cleared · 22 min
  14. Medical callEMS Allendale · 10500 block of 88th Avenue 46-year-old male fall with a head injury, Priority 1 cleared · 26 min
  15. Medical callEMS Blendon Twp · 300 block of Blendon Woods Dr 70 year old female, fall with a wrist injury cleared · 8 min
  16. HazardHazard Jenison · 7700 block of Coconut Dr Carbon monoxide alarm activation coming from the bedroom cleared · 20 min
  17. Fire department investigationFire Wyoming · 2900 block of Waterchase Way SW Wyoming Fire · Caller reports a strong, unknown odor inside their apartment, possibly coming from the unit above. Caller waiting outside in a white pickup cleared · 27 min
  18. Yesterday Medical callEMS Wyoming · 3800 block of 56th Street SW 59 year old male, low blood sugar cleared · 2 min
  19. Yesterday Fire alarmFire Wyoming · 2700 block of Burlingame Ave SW Wyoming Fire · Commercial fire alarm at Wyoming Public Works Building cleared · 51 min
  20. Yesterday Fire alarmFire Holland · 3700 block of Westwood Place Fire alarm activation, alarm on and off for the past 30 minutes cleared · 1 hr 21 min
  21. Yesterday Medical callEMS Holland · 12100 block of Belt St 62 year old female, stomach pain above the navel, Priority 1 cleared · 24 min
  22. Yesterday Medical callEMS Wyoming · 3400 block of Byron Center Ave SW Wyoming Fire · 60-year-old, shoulder, left arm pain all day, chest clear, at Oak Leaf Apartments cleared · 23 min
  23. Yesterday Medical callEMS Spring Lake · 17400 block of Yorkton Dr Ottawa County Sheriff · 16-year-old female, absent seizure, altered cleared · 6 min
  24. Yesterday Fire alarmFire Byron Twp · 7600 block of Caterpillar Court SW Commercial fire alarm at Comfort Suites; alarms going off in the building, sounds like they were intentionally pulled cleared · 2 min
  25. Yesterday Fire alarmFire Cannon Twp · 5700 block of Arroyo Vista Dr NE Cannon Twp Fire · Fire alarms going off continuously through the day, asking for assistance to turn them off; no smoke or flames cleared · 21 min

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Scanners across West Michigan

Ottawa County scanner

Ottawa County Central Dispatch sends fire and medical calls on its fire dispatch channels for the north and south halves of the county. Our receiver records every one, and each dispatch is transcribed and turned into a call within a couple of minutes, with the type of call, the block, the units sent and what crews report from the scene.

Kent County scanner

Kent County's fire departments are dispatched on three fire dispatch channels (north, east and southwest), plus a channel for ambulances. Our receiver records them and transcribes each dispatch: the address block, the call, the patient's age and complaint for medical calls, and the units sent.

Grand Rapids scanner

Grand Rapids Fire sends call details to its trucks by computer, so its radio channel carries unit status (en route, on scene, back in quarters) rather than spoken dispatches. Grand Rapids calls come from the city's public police and fire dispatched-calls lists, which run about 30 minutes behind.

Listen yourself

Scanner apps, a P25 Phase II scanner, or a small receiver of your own can all pick up West Michigan's fire and EMS dispatch: see how to listen to West Michigan scanners. When you hear "Echo" or "in quarters", scanner codes and radio terms explains it.

West Michigan towns

West Michigan scanner: questions & answers

Is there a live West Michigan police scanner?

616 Dispatch doesn't stream scanner audio. It lists calls as they're dispatched, updated every minute, including the fire and EMS calls our own receiver hears and transcribes. To hear audio, see how to listen to West Michigan scanners.

Can you hear police on a scanner in West Michigan?

Fire and EMS dispatch is generally open. Many police talkgroups on the state radio system (MPSCS) are encrypted, and no scanner, app or website can hear an encrypted talkgroup. 616 Dispatch lists police calls from the public dispatch lists agencies publish instead.

What do the codes on the scanner mean?

"Echo", "Priority 1", "in quarters" and the rest are explained in plain English on scanner codes and radio terms.