Question. Will I only hear it if I'm in the area?
Your reception will depend on what repeater sites and talk groups you program. Verdugo Fire RED 1 is the dispatch channel and it has lots of traffic.
Your reception quality will also be predicated on your antenna and physical location (especially if you are in a well shielded building.
As a test, you could monitor a Broadcastify Verdugo RED 1 feed on your cell side-by-side with your scanner.
NOTE the Broadcastify feed will be out of phase with your scanner reception by a couple of seconds.