Hi - Welcome to an early bush-fire season in NSW. (I had to report one on Sat eve)!
I have the feed up and running and a map on my Lovelace screen for a year or 2, it all works fine.
What I would like to do is create an audible (tts) alert or notification but I donāt know how to do this as the integration only creates the sensor entities when a fire is reported. The sensor entities such as āLocationā are of course uniquely named so my problem is:
What can I use to trigger the āappearanceā of a new fire?
How do I point to the new entities without knowing their name (location)?
Ok, to partially answer my own question Iāve managed to create an automation which triggers when something enters the bushfire zone. I put a wildcard ā*ā and the code did not complain!
description: Notify when a bushfire is listed on the NSW rural service feed
trigger:
- platform: geo_location
source: geo_location.nsw_rural_fire_service_feed*
zone: zone.bush_fire_alert_zone
event: enter
id: Bushfire start
condition:
- condition: template
value_template: "\"{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.type == 'Bush Fire' }}\""
action:
- service: persistent_notification.create
data:
message: Bushfire alert
notification_id: geo_location.nsw_rural_fire_service_feed*
- service: media_player.play_media
target:
entity_id: media_player.living_room_display
data:
media_content_id: >-
media-source://tts/cloud?message=A+bushfire+has+been+reported+within+30+kilometers&language=en-AU&voice=NatashaNeural
media_content_type: provider
metadata:
title: A bushfire has been reported within 30 kilometers
thumbnail: https://brands.home-assistant.io/_/cloud/logo.png
media_class: app
children_media_class: null
navigateIds:
- {}
- media_content_type: app
media_content_id: media-source://tts
- media_content_type: provider
media_content_id: >-
media-source://tts/cloud?message=A+bushfire+has+been+reported+within+30+kilometers&language=en-AU&voice=NatashaNeural
- service: notify.mobile_app_sm_g970f
data:
message: Bush Fire Alert
mode: single
You can access the trigger data of the entity that triggered the automation. Despite not being explicitly mentioned you can use the metadata listed in the āzoneā trigger section.
I am not currently using TTS message, but for comparison my Pushover notification looks like this:
action:
- service: notify.pushover_monitoring
data_template:
message: >-
{{trigger.to_state.name}}<br/>Distance: {{trigger.to_state.state}}
km<br/>Alert Level:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.category}}<br/>Location:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.location}}<br/>Status:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.status}}<br/>Type:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.type}}.
title: Fire Near Us
data:
html: 1
OK thanks for the guidance and feedback, I can now get notifications working but not the details of the data_template. Iāve copied your above code, but itās sent to my mobile.
service: notify.mobile_app_sm_g970f
data_template:
message: >-
{{trigger.to_state.name}}<br/>Distance: {{trigger.to_state.state}}
km<br/>Alert Level:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.category}}<br/>Location:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.location}}<br/>Status:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.status}}<br/>Type:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.type}}.
title: Fire Near Us
data:
html: 1
Unfortunately this throws an error when I try to run it.
Error running action
Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: ātriggerā is undefined
I wonder if I have a syntax or formatting error or, is the error due to the fact that the variable ātriggerā does not exist until the automation is triggered? If so how is it possible to test or do I just wait for a bush fire!
ā¦and now there has been a bush fire which got pushed to my phone overnight. I can therefore confirm the message structure above works well. The only remaining query I have is would it be possible to trigger/run this automation and test it without a feed coming from the bush fire website?
Thanks for pointing to the documentation. I do try and read things first but sometimes miss key issues!
Everything is working nicely and just in time for a heatwave this weekend. For anyone wanting to see my current automation here it is below. I am going to add a new condition though, just to inhibit the TTS announcements during the night, say 11pm to 6am.
alias: Bush Fire Alert
description: Alert on bush fire starting in a zone
trigger:
- platform: geo_location
source: nsw_rural_fire_service_feed
zone: zone.bush_fire_zone
event: enter
condition: []
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_sm_g970f
data_template:
message: >-
{{trigger.to_state.name}}<br/>Distance: {{trigger.to_state.state}}
km<br/>Alert Level:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.category}}<br/>Location:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.location}}<br/>Status:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.status}}<br/>Type:
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.type}}.
title: Fire Near You
data:
html: 1
- service: tts.cloud_say
data_template:
message: >-
Please be aware that a bush fire has been reported at
{{trigger.to_state.name}}. This fire is {{trigger.to_state.state}}
kilometers away from you and the alert level is
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.category}}. The full location details are
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.location}}. The status is
{{trigger.to_state.attributes.status}} and the type of fire is classed
as a {{trigger.to_state.attributes.type}}.
data:
cache: false
entity_id: media_player.living_room_display
The only remaining query I have is would it be possible to trigger/run this automation and test it without a feed coming from the bush fire website?