Incident details fields by feed

The details field

Every incident the API returns can include a details object. This is agency-specific extra data that EmergencyAPI passes through from the source feed: responding resources, official source links, dispatch IDs, alarm levels, and free-text notes.

Two things to know before you build on it:

It is optional and varies. What appears in detailsdepends on the agency AND the specific incident. One feed's descriptionis structured text, another's is a place name. Some incidents carry a rich block, some carry nothing.
Render what is present. Read the keys you actually receive rather than expecting a fixed set, so your UI shows the extra insight when an agency provides it and stays clean when it does not.

The API only carries what the agency publishes. If a source gives a location and type but no written description, that incident stays light on detail no matter what.

Fields by feed

Feed	Agency	Field	Type	Meaning
act-allincidents	ACT ESA	incident_type	string	ESA incident type label, e.g. "AMBULANCE RESPONSE".
		agency	string	Responding ESA agency, e.g. Ambulance / Fire / Police.
		icon	string	ESA map icon name, e.g. "iconFire".
		incident_number	string	ESA incident reference number.
act-currentincidents	ACT ESA	description	string	Full ESA incident text block (type, location, status, suburb, agency, incident number, update + call times).
nsw-rfs	NSW RFS	description	string	Structured RFS detail: alert level, location, council area, status, type, fire flag, size, responsible agency, updated time.
nsw-rfs-cap	NSW RFS	description	string	Same RFS detail as nsw-rfs, HTML-formatted (<br/>) with a "More information" link to the RFS site.
vic-osom	VIC EMV (OSOM)	size	string	Incident size label, e.g. "Small" / "Medium" / "Large".
vic-osom	VIC EMV (OSOM)	resources	integer	Count of resources (crews/appliances/units) assigned or responding.
vic-cfa-fire-danger	VIC CFA	description	string	Total Fire Ban status and fire danger rating per VIC fire district.
vic-emsina-flood-obs	VIC EMSINA	description	string	Flood observation note (may be empty).
qld-escad	QLD QFES (ESCAD)	resources	integer	Count of resources (crews/appliances/units) assigned or responding.
qld-bushfire-alerts	QLD QFES / BOM	description	string	Public safety advice text for the bushfire alert.
sa-cfs	SA CFS	aircraft	integer	Count of aircraft assigned.
sa-cfs	SA CFS	resources	integer	Count of resources (crews/appliances/units) assigned or responding.
sa-mfs	SA MFS	aircraft	integer \| null	Count of aircraft assigned, if reported.
sa-pager-cfsmfs	SA CFS/MFS (pager)	resources	integer	Count of resources (crews/appliances/units) assigned or responding.
		description	string	Raw pager text: map reference, talkgroup, responding units.
		alarm_level_description	string	Alarm/warning level label, e.g. "Advice".
		decoded_units	string[]	Decoded responding unit names parsed from the pager message.
sa-pager-saas	SA Ambulance (pager)	resources	integer	Count of resources (crews/appliances/units) assigned or responding.
		decoded_units	string[]	Decoded responding unit names parsed from the pager message.
		priority_description	string	Case priority label, e.g. "Possibly life-threatening".
		operational_notes	object	Decoded operational notes/flags from the pager message (safety, police co-response, time constraints).
sa-pager-ses	SA SES (pager)	resources	integer	Count of resources (crews/appliances/units) assigned or responding.
		description	string	Raw pager text: map reference, responding units.
		alarm_level_description	string	Alarm/warning level label.
wa-dfes-incidents	WA DFES	cad_id	string	DFES computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) incident ID.
		source_id	string	DFES internal incident ID (used in the official page URL).
		source_url	string (url)	Link to the official DFES warning page for this incident.
		description	string	DFES region name, e.g. "LOWER SOUTH WEST".
wa-dfes-incident-areas	WA DFES	description	string	DFES region name.
wa-dfes-warnings	WA DFES	description	string	Warning detail (may be empty).
tas-tfs	TAS TFS	description	string	Pipe-delimited TFS detail: alert level, type, last update, first report, status, agency, incident number.
nt-pfes	NT PFES	description	string	Responsible NT agency, e.g. "Bushfires NT".
ga-earthquakes	Geoscience Australia	description	string	Nearest place name to the earthquake epicentre.

Field shapes are verified against live data. A drift check flags if a feed starts emitting a field that is not listed here, so this table stays accurate.

Feeds with no extra details

These feeds carry no agency-specific details (the object is absent or empty). You still get the full normalised incident fields: type, severity, status, location, coordinates, and timestamps.

dea-hotspots (DEA / Geoscience Australia (satellite hotspots))
sa-ses (SA SES)
vic-emsina-fire-areas (VIC EMSINA)
vic-emsina-ses (VIC EMSINA)
wa-dfes-warning-areas (WA DFES)