Category · 6 Verified sources
Disasters & emergency management data sources
6 SourceFinch Verified sources in disasters & emergency management, from U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Typed fields, real sample output, terms posture, reliability and API, MCP and CLI access for each.
At a glance
- Publishers
- Jurisdictions
- United States (federal) (5), United Kingdom (1)
- Terms posture
- Automated access permitted on all 6 sources
- Usage rights
- U.S. government work (public domain) (4), Open data licence (1), Publisher's terms of use (1). Commercial use: allowed (5), allowed with conditions (1). 6 sources recorded as public records.
Each source page has the full terms posture, robots.txt verdict and review dates. Usage-rights notes are our documented understanding of each publisher's stated terms, not legal advice.
Sources
FEMA disaster declarations
Presidential major disaster, emergency and fire management declarations by state and designated county or area, from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries dataset, with incident type, dates and programs.Usage rights: Commercial use: Allowed with conditionsPublisher's terms of useFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)12 typed fields25 records per runRefreshed by FEMA several times a dayHealthy · 100% of 9 observed runsRecent marine accident report notices
Monitor publisher feed notices with native identifiers, titles, links and revision timestamps. Preserve the exact current feed as evidence of later changes.Usage rights: Commercial use: AllowedOpen data licenceMarine Accident Investigation Branch5 typed fields50 records per runCurrent publisher feed; monitor hourlyHealthy · 100% of 98 observed runsU.S. volcanoes at elevated alert levels
Every U.S. or U.S.-monitored volcano that the USGS Volcano Hazards Program currently lists above normal: volcano, observatory, aviation color code, ground alert level and the latest notice, one record per volcano.Usage rights: Commercial use: AllowedU.S. government work (public domain)U.S. Geological Survey10 typed fields4 records per runWhenever an observatory issues a notice; monitor hourlyHealthyUSGS magnitude 2.5+ seismic events — past day
Monitor USGS seismic events in the past day, with preferred event identifiers, magnitude, publisher timestamps, review status and coordinates. Retain evidence of later publisher revisions.Usage rights: Commercial use: AllowedU.S. government work (public domain)U.S. Geological Survey12 typed fields52 records per runUSGS summary feed updated every minute; monitor hourlyHealthy · 100% of 135 observed runsUSGS magnitude 4.5+ seismic events — past week
Monitor USGS magnitude 4.5 and larger seismic events worldwide in the past week, with preferred event identifiers, magnitude, publisher timestamps, review status and coordinates. Retain evidence of later publisher revisions.Usage rights: Commercial use: AllowedU.S. government work (public domain)U.S. Geological Survey12 typed fields174 records per runUSGS summary feed updated every minute; monitor hourlyHealthy · 100% of 1 observed runsUSGS significant seismic events — past month
Monitor USGS seismic events in the past month, with preferred event identifiers, magnitude, publisher timestamps, review status and coordinates. Retain evidence of later publisher revisions.Usage rights: Commercial use: AllowedU.S. government work (public domain)U.S. Geological Survey12 typed fields11 records per runUSGS summary feed updated every minute; monitor hourlyHealthy · 100% of 111 observed runs
SourceFinch is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers listed here. This page lists disasters & emergency management data as SourceFinch acquires it; usage-rights notes are our documented understanding of each publisher's stated terms, not legal advice.