Find the signal
Real-time radio monitoring prepares transcripts and incident suggestions for trained human review. Source audio—not an automated label—determines the next step.
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Help report incidents, write local news, provide scanner audio, or contribute photos and video.
Optional, unpaid volunteer opportunity—not employment. Training is self-paced with no required hours or deadline. Every assignment and permission requires administrator approval.
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About SAMG
Independent coverage for communities across New England.
Scanner Alerts Media Group LLC serves New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and the Seacoast region with real-time emergency alerts, live scanner feeds, breaking news, and first-responder-focused coverage. We report without hype or sensationalism and keep core public-safety information broadly accessible.
Our team includes current and former first responders, dispatchers, public-safety professionals, reporters, technical contributors, and dedicated community members—all serving as volunteers.
View the SAMG network 21 services
Belknap County Emergency AlertsCarroll County Scanner AlertsDover NH News & AlertsMassachusetts AlertsGrafton County Scanner AlertsHillsborough County Scanner AlertsLakes Region Emergency AlertsMaine Incident AlertsCentral & Midcoast Maine AlertsMerrimack County AlertsNorthern NH Scanner AlertsRockingham Emergency AlertRochester NH Scanner AlertsNew England Crash AlertNew Hampshire Statewide AlertsSeacoast Emergency AlertsStrafford County Scanner AlertsSanford ScannerNorthern NH Emergency AlertsSouthern Maine Scanner AlertsCourage to Unwind
One connected operation
From source audio to responsible reporting.
Each system has a defined purpose. Human review connects them.
Build the record
The CAD organizes verified incident details, locations, source history, public wording, updates, corrections, and role-based permissions across desktop and mobile.
Inform the public
Editors combine confirmed CAD information, official sources, direct reporting, and verified media into breaking news and broader community coverage.
Volunteer opportunities
Choose your volunteer role.
Choose a role, complete its training, and wait for administrator approval.
01CAD
Dispatcher
Review calls, create and update incident records, and prepare accurate public alerts.
Select in application →02News
News Writer
Develop breaking-news and community stories from verified sources under editorial review.
Select in application →Your path
Apply, complete training, and receive approval.
Work at your own pace. Your private link lets you return to your saved progress.
Apply
Choose the operations and volunteer opportunities that match your interests and experience.
Learn the basics
Learn our accuracy, privacy, safety, and account security rules.
Complete a practical exercise
Complete the lessons and checkpoints assigned to each opportunity you selected. Progress is saved.
Administrator review
An administrator reviews your application and training before approving access.
A certificate is the beginning of review—not a job offer or access credential.
SAMG is a for-profit LLC offering optional, unpaid volunteer opportunities. This program does not create employment, wages, benefits, ownership, a press credential, guaranteed acceptance, or automatic access. Training is self-paced with no required hours or deadline. Approved volunteers work only within the roles and permissions an administrator assigns.
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Volunteer application
This is an optional, unpaid volunteer opportunity—not employment. There are no required hours or training deadline. After submission, you may begin the self-paced core orientation and selected role training immediately, pause whenever you choose, and return using the private link we email you.
Private application record. Your information and training results are used for SAMG volunteer review. We do not ask for a Social Security number, banking information, or payment.
Administrator approval required
Completion does not grant acceptance or access to any page, feed, account, system, or role.