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Hamilton County Iowa
Police, Fire & EMS Scanner — Live

Listen live to Hamilton County public safety radio — the Sheriff, Webster City PD & Fire, Van Diest EMS, and rural fire departments across Stratford, Stanhope, Jewell, Ellsworth, Williams, Kamrar, Blairsburg and the rest of the county. Streamed 24/7. Free, no app to install, no ads.

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Public Safety

Law, Webster City PD & Fire, EMS, and rural fire departments combined for Hamilton County.

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Hamilton County, monitored daily

NCISS is operated by a licensed Iowa ham radio operator who monitors this system every day — so when a talkgroup changes or a channel goes quiet, it gets noticed and the page stays accurate. This isn't a feed pulled into a distant national aggregator; it's a curated local stream built from what's actually on the air.

Hamilton 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; 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, Webster City PD & Fire, EMS, and seven rural fire departments in a single stream — the complete picture in one place.

Deep rural coverage

Blairsburg, Ellsworth, Jewell, Kamrar, Stanhope, Stratford, and Williams fire departments are all carried here, not just the county seat.

Local, not national

Operated by a licensed Iowa ham radio operator who actively monitors and maintains this system.


Coverage across Hamilton County

The Hamilton County Sheriff, Webster City PD & Fire, and rural fire departments dispatch law enforcement, fire, and EMS for communities throughout the county on the channels carried here — including Webster City, Stratford, Stanhope, Jewell, Ellsworth, Williams, Kamrar, Blairsburg, and the rural areas in between. One stream covers the whole county.

Webster City — the county seat — generates much of the county's public safety traffic, alongside Van Diest Medical Center's EMS operations and a dedicated channel for each rural fire department.


Hamilton County talkgroups

The stream above carries the talkgroups below. Green rows are actively streamed. The remaining rows are monitored but not currently fed to a public stream.

Law Enforcement on 40ps
31014Hamilton County Law 1LIVE
31026Webster City PDLIVE
31025Webster City PD (E)
Fire & EMS on 40ps
31008Hamilton County Fire DispatchLIVE
31045Hamilton County Fire Dispatch VHF PatchLIVE
31040Webster City Fire DispatchLIVE
31017Hamilton County Fire/EMS ROAMLIVE
31018Hamilton County EMS OpsLIVE
31042Van Diest EMSLIVE
31032Blairsburg FireLIVE
31033Ellsworth FireLIVE
31034Jewell FireLIVE
31035Kamrar FireLIVE
31037Stanhope FireLIVE
31038Stratford FireLIVE
31039Williams FireLIVE
Other monitored only
31029Webster City Streets

Full Hamilton County talkgroup list, including monitored-but-not-streamed channels, is on the Signals page.


Hamilton County scanner FAQ

Is the Hamilton County scanner free?

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

What does the Public Safety stream include?

Hamilton County law enforcement, Webster City PD, Webster City Fire, Van Diest EMS, and seven rural fire departments — Blairsburg, Ellsworth, Jewell, Kamrar, Stanhope, Stratford, and Williams — all combined in one stream.

Which communities does it cover?

The Hamilton County Sheriff and area departments dispatch on the channels carried here — covering Webster City, Stratford, Stanhope, Jewell, Ellsworth, Williams, Kamrar, Blairsburg, and the rural areas.

Are any Hamilton County channels encrypted?

The talkgroups streamed here are unencrypted. One additional Webster City PD channel is monitored but not currently streamed publicly.

Why does it sound different from an old scanner?

Hamilton 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 in 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 Hamilton County, the City of Webster 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.