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 Shooting Reported near 12900 GUMFORK PL.
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Public source reports Structure Fire, House Fire near 3500 ENSLOW AVE.
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Public source reports Vehicle Fire near 6700 Courthouse Road, Prince George, VA 23875.
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Public source reports Assault, Investigate-EMS near 3900 W BROAD ST.
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Public source reports Brush or Rubbish Fire near 3503 ENSLOW AVE, RICHMOND, VA.
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Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 3800 WALMSLEY BLVD.
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Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 3800 CHAMBERLAYNE AVE.
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Lower urgency items that still matter for neighborhood awareness and traffic planning.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 1700 BROAD ROCK BLVD. First reported 35 min ago.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 6500 HULL STREET RD. First reported 43 min ago.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 10737 ROUTE 1. First reported 0 min ago.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 7700 Block E PARHAM RD. First reported 0 min ago.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near S CHIPPENHAM BELMONT-10 / BELMONT RP CHIPPENHAM SBL. First reported 8 min ago.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 10800 HULL STREET RD. First reported 0 min ago.
Public source reports Disorderly, Investigate near 7000 FOREST HILL AVE.
Public source reports Trouble Unknown, Investigate near 3800 CHAMBERLAYNE AVE.
Public source reports Check the Welfare near 2400 WEST HUNDRED RD.
Public source reports Walking Assignment, Officer Initiated near 2200 RIVERSIDE DR.
Public source reports Trouble with Juvenil near 9600 TELSTAR DR.
Public source reports Disturbance near 5400 MARKVIEW LN.
Public source reports Disturbance near 800 BOULDER SPRINGS DR.
Public source reports Larceny near 6100 HOKIE CT.
Public source reports PD Response for CRA near 2600 GENERAL BLVD.
Public source reports Assist - Other Agency or Caller, Other Agency or Department near 12900 GUMFORK PL.
Public source reports Assist - Other Agency or Caller, Other Agency or Department near 7100 JAHNKE RD.
Public source reports Check the Welfare near 2700 COLONY VILLAGE TER.
Public source reports Trnsprt 12:52 Pm near 200 Block WESTOVER AVE.
Public source reports Arv 12:00 Am near 8000 Block COSTIN DR.
Public source reports Arv 12:00 Am near 7600 Block W BROAD ST.
Public source reports Assigned 6:43 Pm near 2900 Block BYRDHILL RD.
Public source reports Assigned 5:51 Pm near SHERWIN PL / VIRGINIA CENTER PKWY.
Public source reports Enroute 6:42 Pm near HUNTON PARK BLVD / HUNTON PARK LN.
Public source reports Arrived 6:36 Pm near 5800 Block CHESWICK HOUSE CT.
Public source reports Arrived 6:30 Pm near FALMOUTH ST / INDIGO RD.
Public source reports Arrived 6:44 Pm near 10900 Block W BROAD ST.
Public source reports Assigned 6:48 Pm near 4300 Block GREYBULL DR.
Public source reports Medical Event near 831 East Ellerslie Avenue, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
Public source reports EMS Call near 10100 LAKENT LN.
Public source reports EMS Call near 10400 COLONY VILLAGE WAY.
Public source reports Medical Event near 7317 Bell Creek Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23111.
Public source reports Medical Event near 3005 Preston Park Terrace, Sandy Hook, VA 23153.
Public source reports EMS Call near 10600 RIVER RD.
Public source reports Medical Event at Newcastle Drive near 300 Newcastle Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
Public source reports Medical Event near 541 St Alban's Way, Richmond, VA 232297287.
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Residents are asked to avoid an area where a shooting was reported in Chesterfield County on Sunday afternoon.
A teenager is dead after a shooting Saturday night in Henrico County.
At least one person has died and two more were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Caroline County.
Firefighters brought a commercial landfill fire under control Sunday afternoon on Charles City Road near Laburnum Avenue in Henrico County. No injuries reported.
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The 25th annual ¿Qué Pasa? Festival took place at Richmond's CarMax Park Saturday afternoon and featured music, art, food and more!
A suspect is in custody after multiple people were shot in a Chesterfield neighborhood on Sunday afternoon, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
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.