Build on the FireDash Public API.
Hydrant lookup, flow data, and resident-report streams — one REST endpoint, one API key, predictable per-KB pricing. Stand up an integration in an afternoon, scale to production without renegotiating.
Everything in one REST surface.
No GraphQL chimera, no SOAP envelopes, no version bingo. One fd-api-key header, JSON in, JSON out, and a real changelog.
Hydrant lookup
Point + radius search returns the nearest hydrants with GPS, status, agency, and feet-from-origin distance.
Flow & pressure
NFPA 291 flow tests, residual pressures, and rated capacity at 20 PSI — the same numbers your local department records.
Resident endpoints
Insurance-grade distance proofs, hydrant lookup-by-address, and the same report-an-issue pipe the resident app uses.
Usage analytics
Live request & data counters per consumer application, broken out by month and rolled up at the subscriber level.
From sign-up to first call in five minutes.
No sales call, no procurement loop — just sign up, generate a key, and curl.
1. Create an account
Free to sign up. No card needed until you flip an application to Production.
2. Generate an API key
Each application has its own key — rotate, revoke, and meter usage per integration.
3. Call the API
JSON over HTTPS with an fd-api-key header. The OpenAPI 3 spec drops straight into Postman, Insomnia, or your SDK generator.
Hydrants, flow data, residents — all from one source.
FireDash powers fire-department hydrant management for 240+ agencies. The Public API surfaces a curated, opt-in slice of that data for partners and integrators.
240+ agencies
Live hydrant inventory across volunteer, municipal, and county-wide fire departments.
1M+ hydrants
Geocoded and reconciled. Each hydrant carries status, flow class, last test, and owning agency.
SLA-backed
99.95% uptime on the data tier, response-time SLOs published on the status page.
Pay for what you consume.
No seat licenses, no per-call gotchas. Graduated per-kilobyte rates fall as your usage grows.
- Unlimited dev requests
- Throttled hydrant payloads
- Full OpenAPI spec
- Email support
- Production-grade limits
- Full payload sizes
- Monthly invoicing
- Per-application usage breakdown
- Custom rate cards
- Dedicated support channel
- SSO & allowlisted IPs
- Direct slack with engineering