PublicSafetyAPI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 115 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Oct 2026.
US police, fire, EMS and hospital locations near any address, from federal HIFLD data
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check PublicSafetyAPI every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add publicsafetyapi-mcp -e 'PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY=<PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY>' -- uvx publicsafetyapi-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"publicsafetyapi-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"publicsafetyapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY": "<PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.publicsafetyapi-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["publicsafetyapi-mcp"]
env = { PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY = "<PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"publicsafetyapi-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"publicsafetyapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY": "<PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"publicsafetyapi-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"publicsafetyapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY": "<PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY> (API key from https://publicsafetyapi.dev (free tier: 500 requests/month)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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