Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS) Radio Scanners for Southern Maryland (Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's Counties)

Scanner ONE-A & ONE-B Charles County

ONE-A: Fire & EMS

ONE-B: Sheriff, State Police, Nice Bridge Police

Both scanners are operated by ScanMD Fire & Rescue Solutions

Services Being Scanned

ONE-A: Charles County Fire & EMS
ONE-B: Charles County Sheriff's Office, Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack, & Harry Nice Bridge Police.

Scanner TWO Calvert County






Scanner TWO is sponsored by Pepper's Pet Pantry in Solomons The Operator is FrequentFlier
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We have 100 slots available for listening. If all of the slots are used, you will receive an error message when trying to connect. You can see the slot usage here.

Services Being Scanned

Calvert County Fire/EMS
Calvert County Sheriff's Office
Maryland State Police, Calvert County (Including Helo)

Scanner THREE St. Mary's County

Scanner THREE is operated by Bay District Volunteer Fire Dept.

Important Note

On 05-AUG-2013, the St. Mary's Co. government switched to an all-digital communications system. As such, the old analog scanners are no longer able to pickup broadcasts. Furthermore, the police have encrypted their channels. Therefore, the public can only listen to fire and EMS broadcasts via a digital scanner.

Services Being Scanned

Fire/EMS Dispatch
EMS Tac
Fire Tac Channels - Tac 1 - 13

Scanner TWO-Alt Calvert County

Scanner TWO-Alt is operated by Bay District Volunteer Fire Dept.

Services Being Scanned

The feed will broadcast fire/EMS scanner feed from Calvert County. The feed will include all dispatch and TAC channels. The following talk groups are monitored:

Fire/EMS Main 1840
Fire Tac1 1872
Fire Tac2 1904
Fire Tac3 1936
Emergency 2044
County Meet 2480

Related Information

10 Codes:

The police and emergency services personnel speak using 10 codes. This makes communications more concise. The best known codes are "10-4" meaning "OK, I understand" and "What's your 10-20?" as in "where are you at now?" In order to follow the conversations, you will need to know the codes. A reference sheet is here.

Notes:

For the latest information on scanner issues, maintenance, and reconfigurations in times of local emergencies, please refer to the Scanner Activity Forum.
Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome Users: If you do not already have the Windows Media Player Plug-in installed, you will be prompted to download it from http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx. You only need the plug-in if you plan to use the players built into this page. You can alternatively click on one of the icons for the other players.
Opera Users: The built-in Windows Media player does not work in these browsers. Please click on one the small icons for another player under the respective scanner channel.

Need Help or Scanner Feed Offline?

If you note that the scanner feed is offline, please click on the link for the respective scanner operator and send them a short, polite note advising of the problem. (Please note that you must be a registered member of the Forums in order to send a message.) If the problem persists, or you need general assistance involving use of the audio players above, please contact the somd.com Support Staff.

Sometimes, the scanner may require human attention and our staff is unaware of the problem. Your feedback will help us ensure a high availability of the service.

Page last updated: 28-OCT-2014


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