Combat Sample

Combat hazards detected by AI for Humanity, PDC Global's generative AI and NLP technology, monitoring armed conflict events worldwide. These hazards track military engagements, airstrikes, shelling, and other armed conflict incidents, providing casualty data and severity scoring for each event.

Combat-Specific Properties

Incident Data

The incident.properties object for combat hazards contains data from AI for Humanity. These properties describe the nature of the armed conflict event, its casualties, severity, and geographic scope.

Key incident properties for combat hazards include:

• Incident_Type - Type of incident (e.g., "Combat")

• Total_Fatalities / Total_Wounded - Total casualty counts across all parties

• Civilian_Fatalities / Civilian_Wounded - Civilian casualty counts

• Police_Military_Fatalities / Police_Military_Wounded - Security force casualty counts

• Terrorist_Insurgent_Fatalities / Terrorist_Insurgent_Wounded - Insurgent/combatant casualty counts

• Incident_Score - Overall incident severity score

• Casualty_Weight / Scope_Weight / Incident_Type_Weight / Total_Weight - Scoring components used to determine hazard priority

• Incident_Severity - Severity classification ("H" for high, "M" for medium, "L" for low)

• Scope_of_Incident - Geographic scope (e.g., "Local", "Township", "Regional")

• Country_Name / Province_District_Town - Location details

• Event_Summary - AI-generated summary of the incident

• sourceName / Source - News source that reported the event

• sourceResourceLocations - JSON array of source article URLs

• casualties - JSON string with killed/injured breakdown

• bufferSize - Buffer distance in meters for exposure geometry (e.g., 100000 for combat)

• rawMessage - Full text of the source news article

Features

Geopolitical hazards include features with featureType values of:

• INCIDENT: Point geometry at the incident location with casualty and event details

• SMART_ALERT: Alert boundary polygon defining the hazard alert area

Exposure Areas

Combat hazards use 3 exposure levels based on distance buffers:

• Level 1: Limited exposure (30-100km buffer)

• Level 2: Moderate exposure (10-30km buffer)

• Level 3: Severe exposure (0-10km buffer)

The buffer size is determined by the bufferSize property in the incident (in meters). For combat hazards, this is typically 100,000 meters (100km), reflecting the wider area of impact for armed conflict.

Sample Response

{
  "name": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "value": "Combat (Airstrikes) - Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip"
    }
  ],
  "description": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "value": "A Combat incident was reported in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip on January 08, 2027.  Preliminary reports indicate 4 total victims comprised of 4 fatalities and 0 wounded.\n\nEvent Summary*:\n\u2022 Combat (Airstrikes) has been reported in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip.\n\u2022 Reports indicate that at least 4 people have been affecte..."
    }
  ],
  "severity": "INFORMATION",
  "category": "EVENT",
  "incident": {
    "uuid": "09a47295-8a66-4e8c-acd3-547264f84cdf",
    "type": "COMBAT",
    "sourceId": 2000,
    "sourceRecordId": "0000fb5f-c4ec-4c7b-beed-72d6b305488c",
    "properties": {
      "Terrorist_Insurgent_Fatalities": 0,
      "Total_Wounded": 0,
      "Civilian_Fatalities": 0,
      "type": "ACTUAL",
      "Incident_Type": "Combat",
      "reportDate": "2026-01-08T14:09:00Z",
      "Incident_Type_Weight": 2,
      "action": "NEW_EVENT",
      "Terrorist_Insurgent_Wounded": 0,
      "Incident_Duration": 1,
      "Created_Time": "2026-01-08T14:25:25Z",
      "casualties": "{\"killed\":{\"total\":4},\"injured\":{\"total\":0}}",
      "scopeOfIncident": "Local",
      "name": "Combat (Airstrikes) - Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip",
      "Police_Military_Wounded": 0,
      "status": "NEW",
      "eventDate": "2027-01-08T13:00:00Z",
      "roles": "PUBLIC",
      "locationDescription": "Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip",
      "Incident_Score": 31.0,
      "sourceResourceLocations": "[...]",
      "Civilian_Wounded": 0,
      "Event_Summary": "\u2022 Combat (Airstrikes) has been reported in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip...",
      "Scope_Weight": 1,
      "rawMessage": "[news article text truncated for brevity]",
      "Source": "devdiscourse.com",
      "Incident_Severity": "H",
      "featureType": "INCIDENT",
      "Casualty_Weight": 30.0,
      "event": "Combat",
      "Country_Name": "Gaza Strip",
      "Total_Weight": 62.0,
      "Province_District_Town": "Gaza, Gaza Governorate",
      "Total_Fatalities": 4,
      "Scope_of_Incident": "Local",
      "Police_Military_Fatalities": 0,
      "sourceName": "devdiscourse.com",
      "bufferSize": 100000,
      "..."
    }
  },
  "uuid": "084f4724-5262-485f-9705-f659a37b5cda",
  "comment": null,
  "createdAt": 1767882345,
  "relatedHazards": [],
  "longitude": 34.45814,
  "latitude": 31.51287,
  "version": 2,
  "alertGeometry": {
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
      {
        "type": "Feature",
        "geometry": {
          "type": "Polygon",
          "coordinates": [...]
        },
        "properties": null
      }
    ]
  },
  "features": {
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        "id": null,
        "type": "Feature",
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          "casualties": {
            "killed": { "total": 4 },
            "injured": { "total": 0 }
          },
          "scopeOfIncident": "Local",
          "locationDescription": "Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip",
          "..."
        },
        "geometry": {
          "coordinates": [34.45814, 31.51287],
          "type": "Point"
        }
      },
      {
        "id": null,
        "type": "Feature",
        "properties": {
          "featureType": "SMART_ALERT"
        },
        "geometry": {
          "coordinates": [...],
          "type": "Polygon"
        }
      }
    ],
    "type": "FeatureCollection"
  },
  "exposureAreas": {
    "features": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "type": "Feature",
        "properties": {
          "exposureLevel": 1
        },
        "geometry": {
          "type": "Polygon",
          "coordinates": [...]
        },
        "sourceId": null
      },
      {
        "id": "2",
        "type": "Feature",
        "properties": {
          "exposureLevel": 2
        },
        "geometry": {
          "type": "Polygon",
          "coordinates": [...]
        },
        "sourceId": null
      },
      {
        "id": "3",
        "type": "Feature",
        "properties": {
          "exposureLevel": 3
        },
        "geometry": {
          "type": "Polygon",
          "coordinates": [...]
        },
        "sourceId": null
      }
    ],
    "type": "FeatureCollection"
  },
  "exposureAssessment": {
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    "capital": 565122654100.0,
    "exposureLevels": [
      {
        "level": "1",
        "data": {
          "population": 7902000.0,
          "capital": 516910502800.0,
          "foodNeedsUnit": "CAL",
          "foodNeeds": 4032000000.0,
          "waterNeedsUnit": "liter",
          "waterNeeds": 5760000.0,
          "wasteNeedsUnit": "100 liter",
          "wasteNeeds": 192000.0,
          "shelterNeedsUnit": "sq meters",
          "shelterNeeds": 6624000.0
        },
        "exposureDescription": "Limited (30-100km)"
      },
      {
        "level": "2",
        "data": {
          "population": 891000.0,
          "capital": 33962426900.0,
          "foodNeedsUnit": "CAL",
          "foodNeeds": 512400000.0,
          "waterNeedsUnit": "liter",
          "waterNeeds": 732000.0,
          "wasteNeedsUnit": "100 liter",
          "wasteNeeds": 24400.0,
          "shelterNeedsUnit": "sq meters",
          "shelterNeeds": 841800.0
        },
        "exposureDescription": "Moderate (10-30km)"
      },
      {
        "level": "3",
        "data": {
          "population": 1176500.0,
          "capital": 14249724400.0,
          "foodNeedsUnit": "CAL",
          "foodNeeds": 718200000.0,
          "waterNeedsUnit": "liter",
          "waterNeeds": 1026000.0,
          "wasteNeedsUnit": "100 liter",
          "wasteNeeds": 34200.0,
          "shelterNeedsUnit": "sq meters",
          "shelterNeeds": 1179900.0
        },
        "exposureDescription": "Severe (0-10km)"
      }
    ],
    "hazardUuid": "",
    "hazardType": "",
    "version": "",
    "timestamp": "1767882336138",
    "exposureDescription": "",
    "foodNeedsUnit": "CAL",
    "foodNeeds": 5250000000.0,
    "waterNeedsUnit": "liter",
    "waterNeeds": 7500000.0,
    "wasteNeedsUnit": "100 liter",
    "wasteNeeds": 250000.0,
    "shelterNeedsUnit": "sq meters",
    "shelterNeeds": 8625000.0
  },
  "type": "COMBAT",
  "creator": "RICHTER",
  "source": {
    "id": 2000,
    "name": "AI for Humanity",
    "longName": "AI for Humanity",
    "description": "TBD",
    "url": "https://www.pdc.org/artificial-intelligence/",
    "..."
  },
  "startedAt": 1799413200,
  "updatedAt": 1767882336,
  "endedAt": 1799586000
}

Note: Coordinate arrays have been replaced with [...] for brevity. In actual API responses, these properties contain complete GeoJSON coordinate arrays. Additionally, incident.properties, source, and feature details have been truncated with "..." to show only key fields.