Every fire, EMS, crash and police call in Grand Rapids, 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.
9 calls heard on dispatch radio in the past week52 calls todayReceiver on air
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.
Police scanner
Grand Rapids Police calls come from the city's public dispatched-calls list. Police radio isn't transcribed. Many police talkgroups on Michigan's state radio system are encrypted, so they can't be heard on any 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.
Why are Grand Rapids calls about 30 minutes behind?
The city publishes its dispatched calls in batches that run about half an hour behind real time, and Grand Rapids Fire doesn't read its calls out on the radio, so there's no faster public source.
Can you hear police on a scanner in Grand Rapids?
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.