wildfire_status

Whether the wildfire and evacuation proxy is on, when each source was last read successfully, the last upstream error, and the cache and staleness rules. Use it to tell 'no fires' from 'source unreachable'.

Cost: 1 unit of your allowance (see Rate limits).

ParametersCopy Anchor Link

This tool takes no arguments. Send {}.

RESTCopy Anchor Link

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

MCPCopy Anchor Link

Call the tool wildfire_status 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_status","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.