Satellite city view for Richmond, Virginia, Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover, and the RVA metro with live police, fire, EMS, traffic, camera, medevac or police helicopter, and detailed incident markers.
Active public incidents with the clearest urgency, multi-source confirmation, or public safety impact.
Public source reports Cardiac Arrest near 12104 Ashton Park Drive, Wyndham, VA 23059.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm Activation near 5107 Rock Harbour Road, Woodlake, VA 23112.
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Public source reports Domestic Assault near 5800 QUIET PINE CIR.
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Public source reports Fire Incident near Chesterfield County Jail, Mimms Drive, Chesterfield, VA 23832.
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Public source reports Outside Fire On Interstate 295 North near 46 Interstate 295 North, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
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Public source reports General Fire Alarm Incident near 816 Floral Avenue, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
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Public source reports Fire Investigation at James Madison Highway near 2800 James Madison Highway, Gordonsville, VA 22942.
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Public source reports Fire Incident near 10128 Purcell Road, Glen Allen, VA 23228.
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Public source reports Weapons Offense near 5500 NORTH HANDEL CT.
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Lower urgency items that still matter for neighborhood awareness and traffic planning.
Public source reports Psychiatric Emergency near 550 South Airport Drive, Highland Springs, VA 23150.
Public source reports Police Service near 10000 IRON BRIDGE RD.
Public source reports Unnecessary Noise, Investigate near 4000 MIDLOTHIAN TPKE.
Public source reports Suspicious Vehicle near 7800 SALEM CHURCH RD.
Public source reports Check the Welfare near 4900 COGBILL RD.
Public source reports Break & Enter, Investigate near 100 W COMMERCE RD.
Public source reports Larceny near 1500 KOGER CENTER BLVD.
Public source reports Auto Larceny near 9300 FALLOW DR.
Public source reports Missing Person near 7100 DEER RUN LN.
Public source reports Trespassing, Investigate near 1700 E BROAD ST.
Public source reports Mental Subject, Tdo / Eco near 7100 JAHNKE RD.
Public source reports D.O.A., Investigate near 5200 HULL STREET RD.
Public source reports LARCENY, DPR Call - Take A Report near 1300 E MAIN ST.
Public source reports 5:21 PM near 12100 Block ASHTON PARK DR.
Public source reports Suspicious Situation near 12300 BUCKINGHAM ST.
Public source reports Domestic near 11500 EAGLE PASS CT.
Public source reports EMS Call near 6500 BELMONT RD.
Public source reports EMS Call near 6500 SOUTH STEVENS HOLLOW DR.
Public source reports Medical Event near 500 Folar Trail, Hopewell, VA 23860.
Public source reports Medical Event near 21258 Sparta Road, DeJarnette, VA 22427.
Public source reports Medical Event at Barber Lane near 10601 Barbara Lane, Richmond, VA 23233.
Public source reports Medical Event near 6511 Belmont Road, Chesterfield Court House, VA 23832.
Public source reports Medical Event near 165 Landor Drive, Lake Land'Or, VA 22546.
Public source reports Medical Event near 6539 South Stevens Hollow Drive, Chesterfield Court House, VA 23832.
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A juvenile is dead and a man has been charged after a hit-and-run incident on West Broad Street in Henrico Saturday morning.
One woman is dead and one man is facing several charges after a medical emergency response in Henrico County Friday evening.
Colonial Heights Police arrested five teenagers for trespassing at Southpark Mall Saturday after learning through social media of a possible teen takeover.
Signal RVA is a public Richmond metro live police, fire, traffic, and emergency incident map that turns active calls and public signal into clear public updates. It is built for residents who want fast context without raw private feeds or operator mechanics.
The best police scanner depends on the radio system in your city or county. For many metro areas, shoppers should research scanners that support the local trunked system, P25 digital voice, simulcast performance, and any fire or EMS channels they care about. Encrypted channels cannot be decoded by a consumer scanner, so check a radio database and local agency policy before buying hardware.
The public can often listen to lawfully available, unencrypted public-safety radio traffic or official/public feeds. Access varies by agency, state, feed host, and radio system. Signal RVA uses public summaries and official listen links or embeds only when they are allowed, and it does not publish private playback URLs, captured cookies, or restricted streams.
You can listen to some police, fire, EMS, rail, and aviation feeds on a phone through official agency pages, public feed directories, or scanner apps. Availability is uneven. Feeds may be delayed, offline, removed, or limited, and encrypted traffic will not be available through an app. Signal RVA is designed to provide Richmond context even when audio is unavailable.
In the United States, listening to lawfully available unencrypted radio is generally different from misusing a scanner, using it while committing a crime, intercepting restricted communications, or rebroadcasting restricted audio. State laws vary. In Virginia, for example, the law specifically addresses possession or use of a police-radio receiving device while committing certain crimes. This is not legal advice, check current law and local rules before relying on a scanner.
To find police activity near your neighborhood, start with official active-call pages, city or county police alerts, fire and EMS public incident pages, local news, traffic cameras, and agency social channels. In Richmond, Signal RVA combines public active-call context, map precision labels, source counts, nearby cameras, and update times so residents can see what is happening without needing raw scanner traffic.
Raw 911 call audio is usually not a live public search product. Some jurisdictions publish call-for-service summaries, incident logs, active calls, or public records, and some 911 audio may be available later through a lawful records request with redactions. Signal RVA focuses on public summaries and does not publish private tactical notes, personal details, or restricted audio.
Richmond's crime rate should be read from official annual or weekly crime-stat sources, not from a live incident map alone. The FBI Crime Data Explorer is useful for standardized annual comparisons, while Richmond Police publish local crime-stat and incident information for more current city context. Signal RVA shows live public-safety activity, which is not the same thing as an official crime-rate report.