# Finding frequencies to listen for emergency in your area
**URL:** https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/finding-frequencies-to-listen-for-emergency-in-your-area/1315
**Category:** Emergency Communications
**Created:** [March 26, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/finding-frequencies-to-listen-for-emergency-in-your-area/1315 "2022-03-26T10:25:05Z")
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### Author:  [@qamoks](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/qamoks)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/finding-frequencies-to-listen-for-emergency-in-your-area/1315/1 "2022-03-26T10:25:05Z")
Just purchased a Baofeng UV-5R and my plan is just to listen and listen for emergency warnings. Would love to know what frequency I need to set up for my area. I am Kansas City, Metro in Clay and Platte County Missouri.
Would love to know who I can ask questions to online for help and information. No plan on getting License as of yet.
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### Author:  [@JimWRL](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/JimWRL)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/finding-frequencies-to-listen-for-emergency-in-your-area/1315/2 "2022-03-30T14:43:58Z")
Welcome to the forum!
This site from the National Weather Service: [County Coverage By State](https://www.weather.gov/NWR/counties) will tell you the right frequency to get weather radio reception for your county.
It also has a list of SAME codes. Those codes can be used on weather radios to trigger an alarm when NWS sends an alert for that particular county. I found a weather radio with SAME at a thrift store for $3 recently, so keep your eyes open. They are around $30 new.