Category Service Updates

Updates to services hosted by the site.

ESMap – Notice re: calls from FHP

I just realized that calls from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) have not been coming in since November. This was due to the “dispatch center” field in their data changing, and has been fixed. When I get around to rewriting…

ESMap – Notice re: calls from OCSO

UPDATE (2022-07-29): It turns out they were just blocking requests from Python’s user agent and calls from OCSO should be coming through again. On July 3, the website for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office began rejecting connections from my server.…

ESMap – New Sources Now Available!

Last night I finally finished writing a script to decrypt and grab the incident information from PulsePoint.org. This opens up several new fire/EMS agencies: Orlando Fire Department (OFD) Orange County Fire Rescue (OCFR) Winter Park Fire Rescue (WPFR) Calls from…

ESMap – Notice re: calls from OCFR

UPDATE: This has been resolved, see the update. As of April 2019, the Orange County Fire Rescue has moved their call reporting to PulsePoint. Due to the different nature in how calls and locations are reported on that service I…

ESMap – Notice re: calls from OPD

Since around the end of October 2018, the website for the City of Orlando was blocking visitors from Canadian IP addresses. The server that hosts the ESMap program is located in Canada, so call information from the Orlando Police Department…