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Adair County Iowa
Police, Fire & EMS Scanner — Live

Listen live to Adair County public safety radio — the Sheriff, county fire, and EMS across Greenfield, Fontanelle, Bridgewater, Stuart and the rest of the county. Streamed 24/7. Free, no app to install, no ads.

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Adair County Public Safety

Law enforcement, fire, and EMS for all of Adair County combined.

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P25 trunking — what that means for you

Adair County public safety runs on the Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System (ISICS) — a P25 Phase II trunked radio network. A conventional analog scanner can't follow a trunked system, because agencies don't sit on a fixed frequency — the network assigns channels dynamically and organizes traffic into talkgroups. NCISS decodes the trunk and streams the talkgroups as plain audio in your browser.

Free, with no catch

No ads, no pre-roll, no paywall. Talkgroup names are visible to everyone, not locked behind a subscription.

One feed, the whole county

Law enforcement, fire, and EMS for all of Adair County in a single stream — the complete picture in one place.

Nothing encrypted

The talkgroups NCISS carries for Adair County are in the clear — you can hear the whole county, start to finish.

Local, not national

Operated by a licensed Iowa ham radio operator actively monitoring north-central Iowa — not a feed dumped into a distant national system.


Coverage across Adair County

The Adair County Sheriff dispatches law enforcement, fire, and EMS for communities throughout the county on the channels carried here — including Greenfield, Fontanelle, Bridgewater, Stuart, Orient, Massena, and the rural areas in between.

Greenfield — the county seat — generates much of the county's public safety traffic. Adair County keeps the talkgroups NCISS monitors in the clear, so you hear the agencies that serve you without anything hidden.


Adair County talkgroups

The stream above carries the talkgroups below. Green rows are actively streamed.

Law Enforcement on 01ps
15011Adair County Law 1LIVE
Fire & EMS on 01ps
15008Adair County Fire/EMS DispatchLIVE

Full talkgroup list including monitored-but-not-streamed channels is on the Signals page. NCISS coverage of Adair County is expanding — additional talkgroups will be added as monitoring capability grows.


Adair County scanner FAQ

Is the Adair County scanner free?

Yes. Every NCISS stream is free — no ads, no pre-roll, no paywall. Open a stream and you're listening.

Which communities does it cover?

The Adair County Sheriff dispatches law, fire, and EMS countywide on the channels carried here — covering Greenfield, Fontanelle, Bridgewater, Stuart, Orient, Massena, and the rural areas in between.

Are any Adair County channels encrypted?

The talkgroups NCISS carries for Adair County are in the clear and fully listenable here.

Why does it sound different from an old scanner?

Adair County runs on the ISICS P25 Phase II trunked network, not conventional VHF. A standard analog scanner can't follow trunked talkgroups. NCISS decodes the P25 system directly and streams it as plain audio.

How current is the audio?

Streams run 24/7 and are typically 30–60 seconds behind real time, normal for internet streaming. Not suitable for emergency response. If you need emergency services, call 911.


LEGAL NOTICE: NCISS is an independent, receive-only monitoring operation and is not affiliated with Adair County, the City of Greenfield, Iowa DPS, or the ISICS system. Monitoring of unencrypted public safety frequencies is lawful for hobbyist use. All monitoring is passive — no transmitting occurs.