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Calhoun County Iowa
Police, Fire & EMS Scanner — Live

Listen live to Calhoun County public safety radio — the Sheriff, county fire and EMS across Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy and the rest of the county. Streamed 24/7. Free, no app to install, no ads.

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Calhoun County Public Safety

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

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P25 trunking — what that means for you

Calhoun 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 Calhoun County in a single stream — the complete picture in one place.

Nothing encrypted

The talkgroups NCISS carries for Calhoun County are in the clear — you hear the agencies that serve you without anything hidden.

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 Calhoun County

The Calhoun County Sheriff dispatches law enforcement, fire, and EMS for communities throughout the county on the channels carried here — including Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy, Lohrville, Somers, and the rural areas in between.

Rockwell City — the county seat — generates much of the county's public safety traffic. Calhoun County's talkgroups are in the clear, so the full scope of public safety activity comes through in plain audio.


Calhoun County talkgroups

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

Law Enforcement on 13ps
20401Calhoun County Law / DispatchLIVE
Fire & EMS on 13ps
20414Calhoun County EMS PageLIVE
20407Calhoun County Fire/EMS OpsLIVE
20405Calhoun County EMSLIVE
20415Calhoun County Fire/EMS — Unknown UseLIVE
20423Calhoun County Fire/EMS — Unknown UseLIVE
20424Manson FireLIVE
20427Pomeroy FireLIVE
Interop on 13ps
20416Calhoun County ROAMLIVE

Full talkgroup list including monitored-but-not-streamed channels is on the Signals page. TGIDs 20415 and 20423 are observed clear fire/EMS traffic — exact function unidentified. Labels will be updated as monitoring clarifies their use.


Calhoun County scanner FAQ

Is the Calhoun 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 Calhoun County Sheriff dispatches law, fire, and EMS countywide on the channels carried here — covering Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy, Lohrville, Somers, and the rural areas in between.

Are any Calhoun County channels encrypted?

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

Why does it sound different from an old scanner?

Calhoun 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 Calhoun County, the City of Rockwell City, Iowa DPS, or the ISICS system. Monitoring of unencrypted public safety frequencies is lawful for hobbyist use. All monitoring is passive — no transmitting occurs.