Listen to police and fire radio online

If you are interested in the most recent information about the emergency response to the fire, you can listen to streaming audio of a local scanner at ScanAmerica. Here are some various links: .aspx (Windows Media Player), .m3u (iTunes), .ram (RealPlayer), or try the in-browser Adobe Flash player. Many of those links can also be opened with the free VLC media player.

While ScanAmerica’s feed is working, unfortunately ScanCal’s broadcast of CDF is down. TheWayOfTheGun’s broadcast of Santa Barbara county also appears to be down. You might also try FireScan which covers NorCal fire departments.

For other breaking news, you can check http://twitter.com/SBCFireDispatch which recieves text updates from the fire dispatch center.