Historical New York City Fire Prevention Certificates of Fitness
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Description
Premise-based Certificates of Fitness granted by the Bureau of Fire Prevention for New York City. The dataset includes fields for location, certificate holder, type, and expiration. It is a historical record provided by data.cityofnewyork.us, last updated in March 2024, with no new data to be added.
Use Cases
Analyze spatial distribution of certified premises using BIN, BBL, LATITUDE, and LONGITUDE columns.
Identify common COF_TYPE categories and their associated HOLDER_NAME entities for regulatory trend analysis.
Track certificate expiration timelines by analyzing the EXPIRES_ON date field across different BOROUGH areas.
Correlate certification data with demographic or administrative boundaries using CENSUS TRACT, COMMUNITY BOARD, and NTA columns.
Strengths
Includes precise geospatial identifiers such as BIN, BBL, LATITUDE, and LONGITUDE.
Provides multiple administrative boundary columns like COUNCIL DISTRICT, COMMUNITY BOARD, and NTA for cross-referencing.
Limitations
Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical reliability.
Data is historical and static, with the source database decommissioned and no future updates.
Excludes certificates for hazardous materials and non-premise based certificates, creating coverage gaps.
Provenance
Source
Bureau of Fire Prevention, City of New York, via data.cityofnewyork.us.
Collection Method
Records from a decommissioned administrative database.
Time Range
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Freshness
Static historical snapshot; last updated 2024-03-14.
Geography
New York City, USA (indicated by BOROUGH, POSTCODE columns).
Source database is decommissioned; data is final. Certificates for hazardous materials and non-premise based certificates are excluded.