Listen live to Madison County public safety radio — the Sheriff, county fire, and EMS across Winterset, Earlham, St. Charles, Truro, Macksburg, Patterson, East Peru, Bevington and the rest of the county. Streamed 24/7. Free, no app to install, no ads.
Law enforcement, tactical, fire response, and EMS combined for Madison County.
▶ ListenNCISS 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.
Madison 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.
No ads, no pre-roll, no paywall. Talkgroup names are visible to everyone, not locked behind a subscription.
Law, tactical, fire, and EMS for Madison County in a single stream — the complete picture in one place.
Winterset School Buses is monitored but not streamed publicly — we tell you what's live and what isn't, not just what's convenient.
Operated by a licensed Iowa ham radio operator who actively monitors and maintains this system.
The Madison County Sheriff and area fire departments dispatch law enforcement, fire, and EMS for communities throughout the county on the channels carried here — including Winterset, Earlham, St. Charles, Truro, Macksburg, Patterson, East Peru, and Bevington. One stream covers the whole county.
Winterset — the county seat, known for its historic covered bridges — generates much of the county's public safety traffic, alongside a dedicated public safety tactical channel for coordinated or mutual-aid incidents.
The stream above carries the talkgroups below. Green rows are actively streamed. The remaining row is monitored but not currently fed to a public stream.
| 42225 | Madison County Law 1LIVE |
| 42229 | Madison County Public Safety TAC 4LIVE |
| 42232 | Madison County Fire ResponseLIVE |
| 42233 | Madison County Fire 1LIVE |
| 42236 | Madison County EMS 1LIVE |
| 42249 | Winterset School Buses |
Full Madison County talkgroup list, including monitored-but-not-streamed channels, is on the Signals page.
Yes. Every NCISS stream is free — no ads, no pre-roll, no paywall. Open a stream and you're listening.
Madison County law enforcement, a public safety tactical channel, fire response and fire dispatch, and EMS — all combined in one stream.
The Madison County Sheriff and area fire departments dispatch on the channels carried here — covering Winterset, Earlham, St. Charles, Truro, Macksburg, Patterson, East Peru, and Bevington.
No. The talkgroups streamed here are unencrypted. Winterset School Buses is monitored but not currently streamed publicly.
Madison 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.
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.