Listen live to Story County public safety radio — the Sheriff, county fire, Ames Fire and EMS paging, and Iowa State University Police. Streamed 24/7. Free, no app to install, no ads. ★ Contributed feed
Story County, Ames, and Iowa State University combined — law, fire, and EMS.
▶ ListenMost NCISS streams are decoded from the Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System (ISICS) at sites NCISS monitors itself. This one is different. Story County, Ames, and Iowa State University run their primary dispatch on their own system, the Story County SARA P25 Phase II network. It is received in Ames by CS and sent to NCISS to extend our coverage.
Story County is also covered by ISICS, which Iowa placed in SARA counties to support the Iowa State Patrol and mutual aid. NCISS lists those ISICS talkgroups separately on the Signals page. Talkgroup numbers on SARA and ISICS are assigned independently, so the same number can mean something different on each.
No ads, no pre-roll, no paywall. Like every NCISS stream, it is free for everyone.
Story County, Ames, and Iowa State University in a single stream, so you don't have to switch between them.
The channels carried here are in the clear. Ames Police and the county jail are encrypted, and we show you that too, not just what's convenient.
Received locally in Ames and sent to NCISS, so the coverage comes from someone who is actually there.
The stream carries Story County Sheriff law dispatch and tactical channels, county fire paging and operations, and fire department chat channels for Cambridge, Colo, Huxley, Kelley, Maxwell, and Nevada. In Ames you will hear Ames Fire operations and tactical channels and Mary Greeley ambulance paging. For Iowa State University, the stream carries ISU Police dispatch, a second police channel, and two law tactical channels.
The stream above carries the talkgroups below. Green rows are actively streamed — red rows are encrypted and cannot be decoded by anyone outside the issuing agency.
| 28501 | Law 1LIVE |
| 28502 | Story Co LEALIVE |
| 28514 | Law TAC 2LIVE |
| 28525 | Jail ENCRYPTED |
| 48502 | Fire PagingLIVE |
| 48501 | Fire Ops 1LIVE |
| 48505 | Fire Tac 4LIVE |
| 58586 | Fire Tac 5 (old TG)LIVE |
| 18515 | Mutual AidLIVE |
| 18519 | PS TAC 7LIVE |
| 38504 | Cambridge Fire ChatLIVE |
| 38506 | Colo Fire ChatLIVE |
| 38508 | Huxley Fire ChatLIVE |
| 38509 | Kelley Fire ChatLIVE |
| 38511 | Nevada Fire ChatLIVE |
| 38517 | Maxwell Fire ChatLIVE |
| 28505 | Ames PD Dispatch ENCRYPTED |
| 28508 | Ames Parking & Community Service Officers ENCRYPTED |
| 28507 | Ames PD 28507 ENCRYPTED |
| 28511 | Ames PD 28511 ENCRYPTED |
| 48503 | Ames Fire Ops 1LIVE |
| 48508 | Ames Fire Tac 1LIVE |
| 48509 | Ames Fire Tac 2LIVE |
| 48513 | Mary Greeley Ambulance PagingLIVE |
| 28509 | ISU PD DispatchLIVE |
| 28510 | ISU PD Channel 2LIVE |
| 28519 | ISU PD Law TAC 1LIVE |
| 28520 | ISU PD Law TAC 2LIVE |
Other Story County SARA talkgroups, such as road departments, Ames public works and utilities, Cy-Ride, and ISU services, are not currently streamed. The full list is on the Signals page.
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Unencrypted Story County Sheriff and county fire talkgroups, Ames Fire and Mary Greeley ambulance paging, and Iowa State University Police, combined in one stream.
Unlike most NCISS streams, this one is not received at an NCISS site. It is provided by CS, who receives the Story County SARA system in Ames, and sent to NCISS to extend our coverage.
Yes. Ames Police dispatch and tactical channels and the Story County jail channel are encrypted and can't be decoded by anyone outside the issuing agency. The channels carried here are unencrypted.
Story County is covered by two systems: its own SARA system, which this stream carries, and the statewide ISICS network, which Iowa placed in SARA counties to support the Iowa State Patrol and mutual aid. NCISS lists each separately.
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.