Real-time Australian emergency incident data, for the platforms that depend on it.

Built for utilities

31 emergency data feeds across all 8 states, unified into one integration.

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31/31 feeds operationalCAP-AU ValidatedSupply Nation Registered

Live Feeds

9,515

Active Incidents

States Covered

5.3M+

Historical Records

The problem with Australian emergency data

Australian emergency services publish incident data across dozens of separate feeds in different formats. Integrating them yourself means maintaining connections to each one, handling format differences, and dealing with upstream changes.

Without EmergencyAPI

Poll 30+ feeds yourself
Parse 8 different data formats
Handle upstream changes and outages
Build your own geocoding pipeline
No historical archive

With EmergencyAPI

One API call
Unified GeoJSON schema
We handle upstream changes
Coordinates on every incident
5.3M+ archived incidents

Built for

UtilitiesMonitor infrastructure near active incidents. Proximity alerts for power networks, water, and telco.

InsuranceReal-time risk exposure data. Hazard history for underwriting and claims processing.

News and MediaAutomate breaking news alerts. Structured data for broadcast overlays and incident tracking.

DevelopersProximity alerts, incident maps, safety dashboards. GeoJSON, cursor pagination, free tier.

Healthcare and TelehealthCheck if a patient address is in a declared disaster area before a consult, from official government sources.

Disaster DeclarationsPostcode to natural-disaster declaration status from official government sources. Enterprise capability.

See the data

One call returns a GeoJSON FeatureCollection, the same shape across all 8 states. Drop it straight into Leaflet, Mapbox, or any map library.

200 OK - application/geo+json

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [{
    "type": "Feature",
    "id": "wa-dfes-1087245",
    "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [115.86, -31.95] },
    "properties": {
      "source": { "state": "wa", "agency": "DFES" },
      "title": "Bushfire - Red Hill Rd, Mundijong",
      "eventType": "bushfire",
      "status": "active",
      "warningLevel": "watch_and_act",
      "severity": "Severe",
      "location": { "address": "RED HILL RD", "suburb": "MUNDIJONG", "state": "WA" },
      "details": { "size": "15 ha", "resources": 12 },
      "timestamps": {
        "reported": "2026-04-10T14:35:00+08:00",
        "updated": "2026-04-10T16:12:00+08:00"
      }
    }
  }],
  "meta": { "total_count": 214, "has_more": false }
}

Disaster declaration status by postcode

New: send an Australian postcode and get the natural-disaster declaration status of its local government areas, from official government sources, with source links and dates. Built for telehealth, insurance, councils, and logistics teams that need to know whether an address sits in a declared disaster area. An enterprise capability, available by request.

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Built for enterprise integration

CAP-AU ValidatedCAP Atom feed validates against the CAP-AU Profile v3.0 (OASIS CAP 1.2).

Official Government FeedsBuilt on official Australian government emergency feeds, with the few community-decoded sources clearly flagged.

Supply Nation RegisteredRegistered supplier on the Supply Nation platform.

Built on SOC 2 InfrastructureHosted on Vercel and Supabase, both SOC 2 Type II compliant.

ReliabilitySelf-healing infrastructure and per-feed monitoring. See our SLA.

SecurityAPI-key auth, row level security, rate limiting, and a published self-assessment.

Full compliance details at /compliance.

Designed to supplement, not replace

Your organisation already has primary emergency alert channels. EmergencyAPI provides the structured data layer alongside them. Searchable, filterable, historical. Built for integration into your existing systems, not to compete with official warning channels.

Live Feed Status

State	Agency	Status	Incidents	Last Polled
ACT	ESA-CURRENT	healthy	22	< 5 min
ACT	ESA-ALL	healthy	23	< 5 min
ACT	ESA-FDR	healthy	0	< 1 hr
NATIONAL	GA	healthy	2	< 1 hr
NATIONAL	GA-HOTSPOTS	healthy	1123	< 5 min
NSW	RFS-WARN	healthy	0	< 15 min
NSW	RFS	healthy	23	< 1 min
NSW	SES	healthy	2	< 5 min
NT	PFES	healthy	35	< 1 min
QLD	QFD-WARN	healthy	44	< 15 min
QLD	EMQ	healthy	0	< 15 min
QLD	QFD	healthy	45	< 5 min
SA	SES-PAGER	healthy	27	< 5 min
SA	SAAS-PAGER	healthy	342	< 1 min
SA	BOMBER-PAGER	healthy	0	< 5 min
SA	CFS	healthy	4	< 1 min
SA	CFS-PAGER	healthy	9	< 5 min
SA	MFS	healthy	8	< 5 min
SA	SES	healthy	19	< 5 min
TAS	TFS	healthy	1	< 5 min
TAS	TASALERT	healthy	0	< 15 min
TAS	TASALERT-RSS	healthy	0	< 5 min
VIC	SES	healthy	43	< 15 min
VIC	CFA-FDR	healthy	5	< 15 min
VIC	EMV-FLOOD	healthy	4	< 15 min
VIC	EMV-FIRE	healthy	20	< 15 min
VIC	EMV	healthy	81	< 1 min
WA	DFES-WARN-AREAS	healthy	3	< 1 hr
WA	DFES-AREAS	healthy	1	< 15 min
WA	DFES-WARN	healthy	4	< 1 hr
WA	DFES	healthy	53	< 15 min

Quick start, sample response, API endpoints, and features.

Guides and Tutorials

What is EmergencyAPI?How it works, what you get, who uses it. The full overview.

Python QuickstartFetch, filter, and paginate emergency data with Python in 5 minutes.

Emergency Data FeedsEvery Australian feed mapped by state. Formats, URLs, and gotchas.

Disaster Declarations ExplainedHow Australian disaster declarations work, and how to check status by postcode.

View All Guides6 guides + 8 state guides + use cases

Data Sources

Sourced from official Australian government and national data feeds:

QLD QFD · NSW RFS · VIC EMV · SA CFS/MFS/SES · WA DFES · ACT ESA · TAS TFS · NT PFES · GA Earthquakes · DEA Hotspots

See /v1/attribution for full licence details.

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5,000 requests per month on the free tier. No credit card. No approval process.

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