PublicSafetyAPI

Overview

PublicSafetyAPI is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server: US police, fire, EMS and hospital locations near any address, from federal HIFLD data. Because it speaks the Model Context Protocol, AI assistants can use PublicSafetyAPI as a set of callable tools instead of you copy-pasting between apps.

It runs locally: the Python package publicsafetyapi-mcp (via uvx) speaks MCP over stdio on your machine. Configuration happens through environment variables — you'll need PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY. The current release is v0.1.2, with source at public-safety-api/publicsafetyapi-mcp on GitHub.

On mcp.site, PublicSafetyAPI sits in the Development category. Any MCP client can use it — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed among them — via the install snippets below. If you maintain PublicSafetyAPI for publicsafetyapi.dev, claim this listing to verify ownership, earn the Verified badge, and keep the details current.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "publicsafetyapi": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "publicsafetyapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY": "<publicsafetyapi-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires PUBLICSAFETYAPI_KEY