repeater scanner

I’m a new user to amateur radio and this is my first device ever. I have a Baofeng UV-21R and I can’t program it at all. I just want to scan the emergency stations nearby to know what’s going on with all the sirens sometimes. I have no intention of talking, just listening. However I can’t hear...

Hi, I recently went to Radioo Shack and the worker there knew quite a bit about scanners and how they work. But he was busy with a few other customers so he wasnt able to help me before I had to leave. Anyway, I have a PRO-106 and I scan FIRE, EMS, POLICE. Most the time I listen to...