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 Activation near 5107 Rock Harbour Road, Woodlake, VA 23112.
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Public source reports in Progress (Assault or Battery By Mob), in Progress near 1400 ST PETER ST.
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Public source reports Domestic Assault near 4000 DURRETTE DR.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm, Smoke Detector near 1000 W GRACE ST.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm, Smoke Detector near 1300 NOTTOWAY AVE.
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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 Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 1400 OAKWOOD 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 S SHEPPARD ST/W CARY ST RICH. First reported 20 min ago.
Public source reports Fuel Spill Assistance near 735 Southpark Boulevard, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
Public source reports Suspicious Vehicle near 4100 ALMS LN.
Public source reports Assist - Other Agency or Caller, Citizen near 7300 RIVERSIDE DR.
Public source reports Suspicious, Investigate near 300 E 12TH ST.
Public source reports Unnecessary Noise, Investigate near SUMMER HILL AVE/COLUMBIA ST RICH.
Public source reports Check the Welfare near 800 COURTHOUSE RD.
Public source reports Wanted Subject near 7100 TIM PRICE WAY.
Public source reports Wanted Person, Investigate near 4000 MIDLOTHIAN TPKE.
Public source reports 7:42 PM near S LABURNUM AVE / EUBANK RD.
Public source reports 8:47 PM near 9100 Block CLOISTERS EAST.
Public source reports 8:29 PM near N LABURNUM AVE / NINE MILE RD.
Public source reports Smoke Detector Activation near 1025 W GRACE ST, RICHMOND, VA.
Public source reports Smoke Detector Activation near 1329 NOTTOWAY AVE, RICHMOND, VA.
Public source reports Domestic near 11400 GREAT WILLOW DR.
Public source reports Check the Welfare near 10900 SUNSET HILLS DR.
Public source reports Disturbance near 19900 PIEDMONT AVE.
Public source reports Suspicious Situation near 12300 BUCKINGHAM ST.
Public source reports EMS Call near 4600 PAINTED POST LN.
Public source reports Medical Event near 500 Folar Trail, Hopewell, VA 23860.
Public source reports EMS Call near 11600 WOOD BLUFF LOOP.
Public source reports Medical Event near 11610 Wood Bluff Loop, Richmond, VA 23236.
Public source reports Medical Event near 141 Waring Drive, Ruther Glen, VA 22546.
Public source reports Medical Event near 7080 Brooks Farm Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23111.
Public source reports Medical Event near 16001 Route 1, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
Public source reports EMS Call near 16000 ROUTE 1.
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Police say a woman shot two lawyers outside a Raleigh, NC courthouse after a civil hearing. She faces attempted murder charges.
Two people were killed and one critically injured in separate Henrico County shootings over Memorial Day weekend. A man has been charged with murder in one of the cases.
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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.
The annual Indian and Sri Lankan Food Festival in Glen Allen drew families from across the Richmond area Saturday for free food, live music and community connection.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden opened a $31 million expansion Saturday, nearly doubling its conservatory and adding 7.5 acres of new gardens in Richmond.
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.