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 Fire Alarm, Smoke Detector near 300 ALBEMARLE AVE.
Avoid the immediate area and follow official fire or emergency instructions.
Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 100 HIOAKS RD.
Avoid the immediate area and follow official police instructions.
Lower urgency items that still matter for neighborhood awareness and traffic planning.
Public source reports Disorderly, Investigate near 2900 HATHAWAY RD.
Public source reports Trouble Unknown, Investigate - EMS near 1600 PETERSON DR.
Public source reports Domestic near 6500 ROUTE 1.
Public source reports Larceny, Investigate near 2300 CHAMBERLAYNE AVE.
Public source reports Person Down, Investigate near E MARSHALL ST/N 21ST ST RICH.
Public source reports Stolen Vehicle, Just Occurred / in Progress near 400 HIOAKS RD.
Public source reports Arv 12:00 Am near 300 Block AIRPORT PL.
Public source reports Enroute 7:51 Am near NUCKOLS RD / GREY OAKS PARK RD.
Public source reports Public Service near PLANTATION TRACE DR / PLANTATION TRACE PL.
Public source reports EMS Call near 2500 NEW PARK RD.
Public source reports Medical Event near 3500 Cox Road, Innsbrook, VA 23233.
Public source reports Medical Event near 235 Dunlop Farms Boulevard, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
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At least one person has died and two more were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Caroline County.
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A patient with a confirmed case of measles spent several days at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, prompting a public health alert from state officials.
Five people, including a child, were shot in Petersburg on Saturday night, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett. All victims have non-life-threatening injuries.
A heated exchange during the opening night of CarMax Park last month has escalated into a federal defamation lawsuit, with the managing partner of the Richmond Flying Squirrels suing the head of the Diamond District's real estate developer.
The Virginia Department of Health hosted a free resource fair at Richmond Raceway on Saturday for new and expecting families, featuring health services and more.
Richmond Animal League waived all adoption fees on Saturday at a Henrico Walmart event during National Pet Month, with dogs and cats available for adoption.
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.