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Requesting Hazard Types

To request the list of hazard types configured in the system please use the route defined here:

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Get hazard types

GET https://api.disasteraware.com/hazards/types

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Headers

Name
Type
Description

Authorization

string

Authorize to access the API.

[
  {
    "type_id": "ACCIDENT",
    "type_name": "Accident",
    "type_icon": "accident.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "ACTIVESHOOTER",
    "type_name": "Active Shooter",
    "type_icon": "active_shooter.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "AVALANCHE",
    "type_name": "Avalanche",
    "type_icon": "avalanche.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "BIOMEDICAL",
    "type_name": "Biomedical",
    "type_icon": "bio_medical.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "CIVILUNREST",
    "type_name": "Civil Unrest",
    "type_icon": "civil_unrest.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "COMBAT",
    "type_name": "Combat",
    "type_icon": "combat.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "CONFLICT",
    "type_name": "Conflict",
    "type_icon": "conflict.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "CYBER",
    "type_name": "Cyber",
    "type_icon": "cyber.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "DROUGHT",
    "type_name": "Drought",
    "type_icon": "drought.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "EARTHQUAKE",
    "type_name": "Earthquake",
    "type_icon": "earthquake.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "EQUIPMENT",
    "type_name": "Equipment",
    "type_icon": "equipment.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "EXTREMETEMPERATURE",
    "type_name": "Extreme Temperature",
    "type_icon": "extreme_temperature.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "FLOOD",
    "type_name": "Flood",
    "type_icon": "flood.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "HIGHSURF",
    "type_name": "High Surf",
    "type_icon": "high_surf.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "HIGHWIND",
    "type_name": "High Wind",
    "type_icon": "high_wind.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "INCIDENT",
    "type_name": "Incident",
    "type_icon": "incident.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "LANDSLIDE",
    "type_name": "Landslide",
    "type_icon": "landslide.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "MANMADE",
    "type_name": "Man-Made",
    "type_icon": "man_made.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "MARINE",
    "type_name": "Marine",
    "type_icon": "marine.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "OCCURRENCE",
    "type_name": "Occurrence",
    "type_icon": "occurrence.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "POLITICALCONFLICT",
    "type_name": "political_conflict.png",
    "type_icon": "political_conflict.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "STORM",
    "type_name": "Storm",
    "type_icon": "storm.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "TERRORISM",
    "type_name": "Terrorism",
    "type_icon": "terrorism.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "TORNADO",
    "type_name": "Tornado",
    "type_icon": "tornado.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "CYCLONE",
    "type_name": "Tropical Cyclone",
    "type_icon": "cyclone.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "TSUNAMI",
    "type_name": "Tsunami",
    "type_icon": "tsunami.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "UNIT",
    "type_name": "Unit",
    "type_icon": "unit.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "VOLCANO",
    "type_name": "Volcanic Eruption",
    "type_icon": "volcano.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "WEAPONS",
    "type_name": "Weapons",
    "type_icon": "weapons.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "WILDFIRE",
    "type_name": "Wildfire",
    "type_icon": "wildfire.png"
  },
  {
    "type_id": "WINTERSTORM",
    "type_name": "Winter Storm",
    "type_icon": "winter_storm.png"
  }
]
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See Authorizing Requests page to get your accessToken.

This request will return an array that contains all of the hazard types. Each element in the array will have three properties:

Properties

Definitions

type_id

This is like the primary key for the hazard type. This is the value that will be found on the hazard object.

type_name

A human readable value for the hazard e.g. Volcano.

type_icon

This is the url for the hazard type icon’s image e.g. avalanche.png. The hazard icons are hosted at: https://static.pdc.org/icons/hazard/large/arrow-up-right. To construct the fully qualified location for the hazard type’s icon combine the host location with type_icon value.

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