Reference
What the per-incident details object contains for each Australian emergency feed: the agency-specific extra fields (resources, units, official source links, CAD IDs and more), their types and meanings.
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:
details depends on the agency AND the specific incident. One feed's description is structured text, another's is a place name. Some incidents carry a rich block, some carry nothing.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.
| 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". |
| 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. |
| 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.
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)