wildfire_fires

Current-season wildfire locations (points) or mapped perimeters from the BC Wildfire Service, largest first. status active means Out of Control, Being Held or Under Control; inactive means Out; all also returns records with a missing or unrecognised status (is_active null). The BCWS status is returned as published. A fire or perimeter is NOT an evacuation order: use wildfire_evacuations for orders and alerts. A fire missing from this list is not proof an area is safe. Wildfire data may not reflect the most current fire situation; fires change quickly. Do not rely on it for safety decisions.

Cost: 2 units of your allowance (see Rate limits).

ParametersCopy Anchor Link

• kind (points, perimeters, optional): default "points"
• status (active, inactive, all, optional): default "active"
• bbox (array of values, optional): west, south, east, north in degrees (WGS 84)
• fire_number (string, optional)
• fire_of_note (boolean, optional)
• include_geometry (boolean, optional): default false
• limit (integer, optional): min 1, max 100, default 50

RESTCopy Anchor Link

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/v1/tools/wildfire_fires \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

MCPCopy Anchor Link

Call the tool wildfire_fires with these arguments. Over raw JSON-RPC:

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"wildfire_fires","arguments":{}}}'

What comes backCopy Anchor Link

Every answer is the same envelope, over REST and over MCP: available, data, citations, freshness and notes. See Citations and freshness.