We added the Broward County Sheriff department link as an extra, but our focus has always been Coral Springs. You can hear first hand all of the action that happens in Coral Springs , and appreciate the serious issues that our First Responders face every minute of the day. When we started the broadcast in , the traffic on the scanner was very light. The city doubled in population since then and the amount of action that you will hear is sometimes overwhelming. The feed broadcasts all of the dispatch calls to the police and fire units.
There are separate dispatchers that handle Police and others that handle Fire at any one given shift. The scanner we are using constantly rotates between all of the dispatch channels so it is possible to hear the Fire dispatch talking with a Rescue unit to go to a specific address, and a few seconds later another radio dispatcher giving similar instructions to a police unit in support. When it is a Fire Dispatch incident, it always begins with a series of tones.
With the police stream, a tone is only generated in emergency situations. After listening to the live feed for several minutes , the professionalism and calm that the members of the police and fire department portray is nothing short of amazing.
The stream is almost live with 3 minute delay. There is no limit to the amount of listeners. The counter that shows how many are currently listening will provide you an indication of what is happening in Coral Springs. When there was a recent bomb threat at one of the schools, we had people online and listening to the CSPD communicate with each other. Several tuned in when there was an active fire at the Nu Sushi restaurant the burned down. During the rush hours you will hear a lot of action, and of course late at night โ the crickets.
The best way to follow the action is to print out the tables included in this article and have them ready. Translation : Hay Fred, there is a distrubance at the address with several people and respond routinely without lights and siren flashing.
