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Ottawa County Police & Fire Scanner: Live Calls

Every fire, EMS, crash and police call in Ottawa County, 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.

358 calls heard on dispatch radio in the past week13 calls todayReceiver on air

Heard on the Ottawa County scanner

  1. Medical callEMS Blendon Twp · 1300 block of Blendon St 87 year old female, history of bladder cancer, abdominal pain, difficulty breathing 31m
  2. Structure fireFire Zeeland · 100 block of 96th Avenue Structure fire at, a greenhouse building 41m
  3. Medical callEMS Holland · 4600 block of Rock Parish Court 56-year-old female, chest pain, clammy and sweating, three people cleared · 51 min
  4. Fire department responseFire Spring Lake cleared · 2 min
  5. Medical callEMS Hudsonville · 5300 block of Southbrook Court 55-year-old male, difficulty breathing cleared · 10 min
  6. Medical callEMS Allendale · 10500 block of 88th Avenue 46-year-old male fall with a head injury, Priority 1 cleared · 26 min
  7. Medical callEMS Blendon Twp · 300 block of Blendon Woods Dr 70 year old female, fall with a wrist injury cleared · 8 min
  8. HazardHazard Jenison · 7700 block of Coconut Dr Carbon monoxide alarm activation coming from the bedroom cleared · 20 min
  9. 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
  10. Yesterday Medical callEMS Holland · 12100 block of Belt St 62 year old female, stomach pain above the navel, Priority 1 cleared · 24 min
  11. Yesterday Medical callEMS Spring Lake · 17400 block of Yorkton Dr Ottawa County Sheriff · 16-year-old female, absent seizure, altered cleared · 6 min
  12. Yesterday Medical callEMS Jenison · 7500 block of Louise Ave Ottawa County Sheriff · 49-year-old male, agonal breather, patient will be in the garage cleared · 9 min
  13. Yesterday Medical callEMS Allendale · 9800 block of 64th Avenue Priority 3, 72-year-old female, chills and abdominal pain cleared · 20 min
  14. Yesterday Medical callEMS Grand Haven 59 year old female, fall, no injuries, help only cleared · 2 min
  15. Yesterday Medical callEMS Zeeland · 4100 block of 80th Ave Ottawa County Sheriff · 71-year-old male, irregular heartbeat, clammy cleared · 34 min
  16. Yesterday Medical callEMS Spring Lake · 17200 block of Villa Park Ave Ottawa County Sheriff · 54-year-old male fall, head injury and altered cleared · 25 min
  17. Yesterday Medical callEMS Holland · 700 block of East 24th Street 59-year-old male, diabetic issues and abnormal behavior cleared · 1 hr 27 min
  18. Yesterday Medical callEMS Blendon Twp · 1000 block of 68th Street 37 year old male cleared · 15 min
  19. Yesterday Medical callEMS Grand Haven · 1100 block of Robbins Rd Grand Haven DPS · 81-year-old female fainted, now awake. Use the front door, room cleared · 16 min
  20. Yesterday Medical callEMS Jenison · 3400 block of Tearose Dr Ottawa County Sheriff · 78 year old male, chest pain, altered, abnormal breathing cleared · 30 min
  21. Yesterday Injury crashCrash Allendale · 48th Ave & West Campus Dr 22-year-old woman abd pain from PI cleared · 22 min
  22. Yesterday Medical callEMS Holland · 1100 block of Lincoln Avenue Unknown medical alarm at the Lincoln Estate cleared · 2 min
  23. Yesterday Medical callEMS Holland · 200 block of Mae Rose Ave Ottawa County Sheriff · 59-year-old male, decreased level of consciousness and agonal breather cleared · 7 min
  24. Yesterday Medical callEMS Jenison · 1600 block of Miede St Ottawa County Sheriff · 44-year-old male with a breather cleared · 3 min
  25. Yesterday Medical callEMS Blendon Twp · 6100 block of Blendon Dr Units were en route at about 6:01 PM, with one unit told to stage for the call. cleared · 42 min

Every Ottawa County call: the Ottawa County dispatch log →

What the scanner hears in Ottawa County

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.

Police scanner

Police radio isn't transcribed. Ottawa County police calls come from the Sheriff's public incident data, which is posted about a day later, and crashes and traffic problems from Central Dispatch's live board. Many police talkgroups on Michigan's state radio system are encrypted, so they can't be heard on any scanner. Every call dispatch publishes, police included, is on the Ottawa County dispatch log.

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.

Ottawa County towns

Ottawa County scanner: questions & answers

Is there a live Ottawa County 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 Ottawa County?

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.