Emergency incidents created by HCPD's 911 Dispatch Center and classified as Fire, Rescue or EMS calls. The data includes columns such as Incident_Date, Type_English, Sub_Type_English, Location, and Station. Records were published by opendata.howardcountymd.gov and last updated in November 2019.
Use Cases
- Analyze temporal trends in emergency call types using Incident_Date and Type_English.
- Map incident locations for geographic hotspot analysis using the Location column.
- Associate incident subtypes with responding stations using Sub_Type_English and Station.
- Classify incident severity or type based on coded identifiers Type_Code and Sub_Type_Code.
Strengths
- Data covers a seven-year period from 2012 to 2018.
- Includes specific columns for incident classification, date, location, and responding station.
- Available in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2019-11-14 15:48:05; freshness should be verified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- opendata.howardcountymd.gov
- Collection Method
- Created by HCPD's 911 Dispatch Center.
- Time Range
- 2012 - 2018
- Geography
- Howard County