MCP Server

FireWatch exposes live wildfire data over the Model Context Protocol, so AI agents can query incidents as tool calls.

Endpoint

POST /api/public/mcp Content-Type: application/json Accept: application/json, text/event-stream

Tools

search_fires

Search active wildfire incidents with optional filters.

{ state?: string, min_acres?: number, active_only?: boolean, limit?: number }

get_fire

Get full detail for one incident by id, including recent updates.

{ id: string }

list_updates

Stream fire update entries, optionally scoped to one incident or a timestamp.

{ fire_id?: string, since?: string /* ISO 8601 */ }

Connect from Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firewatch": {
      "url": "https://<your-firewatch-host>/api/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Try it (curl)

curl -X POST https://<host>/api/public/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Rate limited per IP. Read-only. Data is advisory — not for emergency use.