get_incidents
Get live incidents
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Merged live incidents from all feeds plus manual reports. Filter by region key, category, group, severity, source, or bbox. Anonymous and free-key calls get a shared ~15-minute delayed snapshot; a pro/business x-api-key header (from cityalert.live/account) unlocks real-time refresh and higher limits.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| region | string | no | Focus-region key, e.g. 'vancouver' (see list_regions) |
| category | string | no | Incident category |
| groups | array | no | Normalized subtypes to include, e.g. ['violent','property','collision','wildfire']. See group keys in the /api/incidents OpenAPI doc. |
| minSeverity | string | no | Minimum severity (low < medium < high < critical) |
| q | string | no | Case-insensitive substring match on type/title/neighbourhood |
| source | string | no | Feed source, e.g. 'usgs', 'gdacs', 'eccc', 'vpd', 'bcws', 'vernon-media', 'manual' |
| bbox | array | no | [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat] |
| limit | integer | no | Max incidents to return (default 250) |
| refresh | boolean | no | Bypass the feed cache and re-fetch sources |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"region": {
"description": "Focus-region key, e.g. 'vancouver' (see list_regions)",
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"description": "Incident category",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"crime",
"fire",
"disaster",
"weather",
"unrest",
"health",
"infra",
"report"
]
},
"groups": {
"description": "Normalized subtypes to include, e.g. ['violent','property','collision','wildfire']. See group keys in the /api/incidents OpenAPI doc.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"minSeverity": {
"description": "Minimum severity (low < medium < high < critical)",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"low",
"medium",
"high",
"critical"
]
},
"q": {
"description": "Case-insensitive substring match on type/title/neighbourhood",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 100
},
"source": {
"description": "Feed source, e.g. 'usgs', 'gdacs', 'eccc', 'vpd', 'bcws', 'vernon-media', 'manual'",
"type": "string"
},
"bbox": {
"description": "[minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat]",
"type": "array",
"prefixItems": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "number"
}
],
"items": false,
"minItems": 4,
"maxItems": 4
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max incidents to return (default 250)",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5000
},
"refresh": {
"description": "Bypass the feed cache and re-fetch sources",
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}