# Public-Safety Hiring Alerts (`dan8433/public-safety-hiring-alerts`) Actor

Find open 911 dispatcher, police, fire, corrections, and EMS recruitments by role family and state. One result per open posting, the week it opens.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dan8433/public-safety-hiring-alerts.md
- **Developed by:** [Arcaeon](https://apify.com/dan8433) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Public-Safety Hiring Alerts

Find open **911 dispatcher, police, fire, corrections, and EMS** recruitments across
US government job boards — filtered by role family and state, one result per open
posting. Built by [Arcaeon](https://arcaeon.io).

### Why it exists

When a public-safety agency opens a hiring window, it's usually open for a short,
specific period, and applicants have to find it before it closes. This actor watches
the postings so you don't have to: point it at the roles and states you care about,
run it on a schedule, and get a clean feed of what's currently open.

Useful for applicants tracking where to apply, test-prep vendors timing outreach to
live recruitments, and staffing desks watching a region.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `roleFamilies` | array | `dispatcher`, `police`, `fire`, `corrections`, `ems`. Empty = all. |
| `states` | array | State names or codes (`CA`, `Texas`), or `all` for nationwide. |
| `maxFetches` | integer | Upper bound on requests per run (default 12). |

```json
{ "roleFamilies": ["dispatcher", "police"], "states": ["CA"], "maxFetches": 6 }
```

### Output

One dataset item per open posting:

```json
{
  "job_id": "4812345",
  "title": "Public Safety Dispatcher (911 Operator)",
  "org": "City of Ventura",
  "location": "Ventura, CA",
  "url": "https://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/4812345/...",
  "role_family": "dispatcher",
  "source": "governmentjobs.com",
  "found_at": "2026-08-12T21:00:00Z"
}
```

### Notes

- Pay-per-result: you're charged per open posting returned.
- Bounded by design: no retries, capped fetches, ~1 request per role×state.
- Source coverage is currently governmentjobs.com (the dominant US public-safety board).

# Actor input Schema

## `roleFamilies` (type: `array`):

Which public-safety roles to watch. Leave empty for all.

## `states` (type: `array`):

State names or two-letter codes to filter by (e.g. "CA", "Texas"). Use "all" for nationwide.

## `maxFetches` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on HTTP requests per run (roleFamilies x states). Keeps runs bounded.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "roleFamilies": [
    "dispatcher"
  ],
  "states": [
    "CA"
  ],
  "maxFetches": 12
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "roleFamilies": [
        "dispatcher"
    ],
    "states": [
        "CA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dan8433/public-safety-hiring-alerts").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "roleFamilies": ["dispatcher"],
    "states": ["CA"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dan8433/public-safety-hiring-alerts").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "roleFamilies": [
    "dispatcher"
  ],
  "states": [
    "CA"
  ]
}' |
apify call dan8433/public-safety-hiring-alerts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dan8433/public-safety-hiring-alerts"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/D6dqtGiepmZh2Zbuf/builds/rJpCetr2TsSbrSp3B/openapi.json