MCP.Market

PublicSafetyAPI MCP server

by publicsafetyapi.dev·dev.publicsafetyapi/publicsafetyapi-mcp·v0.1.3
No reviews yet

US police, fire, EMS and hospital locations near any address, from federal HIFLD data

B78/100grade B
Write a reviewInstall
What users say
No reviews yet
Be the first
Safety scan
B78/100

full report

Adoption
Growing

0 stars34 downloads/wk

Reviews

Write one

Nobody has reviewed PublicSafetyAPI yet.

If you have run it, two minutes of your experience saves the next person an afternoon.

PublicSafetyAPI tools (6)

write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

  • find_stations_near_address

    Find the public safety facilities nearest to a US street address, sorted by distance.

  • find_stations_near_coordinates

    Find the public safety facilities nearest to a latitude/longitude, sorted by distance. Use this when you already have coordinates; it skips geocoding and is faster than find_stations_near_address.

  • get_jurisdiction

    Determine which Census-defined place (city/town) contains a location, and which agencies most likely respond there. Returns the place name, state, Census GEOID, boundary type, and a `likelyAgencies` list of nearby police, fire, EMS, and hospital facilities. Useful for routing, coverage reporting, or working out which local government and responders serve an address.

  • get_state_summary

    Get facility counts by type (fire, police, EMS, hospital) for one state.

  • get_station

    Get the full record for one facility by its ID, including address, phone, coordinates, and (for hospitals) beds, trauma level, and ownership.

  • list_stations

    List or search public safety facilities by type, state, name, or ZIP. Use this for questions like "how many fire stations are in Kansas" or to find a facility by name. For "what's nearest to X", use find_stations_near_address instead.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-11-03 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings
  • Code scan4 source files scanned25/25
  • –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
  • –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
  • Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
  • Maintenancelast push 30 days ago15/15
  • Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; website matches verified namespace5/10
Overall 78/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How PublicSafetyAPI compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
78/100
higher than 57% of 48,255 servers
Tools
6
the typical server has 7
Tools that change things
0%
typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Downloads a week
34
more than 23% of 12,191 servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 6 read

Release history: 2 versions in the registry since 2026-08-16, latest 2026-10-04, typically one every 49 days.

Install PublicSafetyAPI in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add publicsafetyapi-mcp -- uvx publicsafetyapi-mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the PublicSafetyAPI repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

publicsafetyapi-mcp

<!-- Links this package to its entry in the official MCP registry --> mcp-name: dev.publicsafetyapi/publicsafetyapi-mcp

MCP server for publicsafetyapi.dev — US police stations, fire departments, EMS bases, and hospitals for AI agents.

Expose public safety facility lookups as tools to any MCP-compatible AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, etc.). Built on federal HIFLD, USFA, and CMS data — public domain, commercially usable.

Installation

pip install publicsafetyapi-mcp

Or run directly with uvx (no install needed):

uvx publicsafetyapi-mcp

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claudedesktopconfig.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publicsafetyapi": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["publicsafetyapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor / other MCP clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publicsafetyapi": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["publicsafetyapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a free API key at publicsafetyapi.dev — 500 requests/month, no credit card.

Available Tools

Facility types: fire, police, ems, hospital.

Examples

Once configured, you can ask your AI assistant:

"What's the closest fire station to 350 Fifth Ave, New York?"

"How many hospitals are in Montana, and which have trauma centers?"

"I'm building an emergency-response app — find every police and fire station within 5 miles of downtown Austin."

The assistant calls the matching tool and gets structured JSON back — addresses, phone numbers, coordinates, and for hospitals, beds, trauma level, and ownership.

Links

  • Website: publicsafetyapi.dev
  • PyPI: pypi.org/project/publicsafetyapi-mcp
  • REST API docs: publicsafetyapi.dev/docs

License

MIT

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

PublicSafetyAPI: common questions

Is PublicSafetyAPI MCP server safe?
Mostly: it is graded B (78/100). Read the PublicSafetyAPI safety report
How do I install PublicSafetyAPI?
It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does PublicSafetyAPI need an API key?
Yes. The registry entry asks for PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY.
Is PublicSafetyAPI maintained?
The last commit was 31 days ago (2026-10-04). The latest release is v0.1.3.
How does PublicSafetyAPI compare with other MCP servers?
safety score 78/100 (higher than 57% of 48,255 servers); tools 6 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.