Bloomington Fire Department Response Times and Incident Records
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Description
Fire Department responses to calls for service, updated daily. The dataset includes 19 columns such as response_time, incident_type, and geographic coordinates. It is managed by the Bloomington Fire Department, with a system transition noted in July 2023.
Use Cases
Analyze response_time trends by zip or city to identify service area performance.
Predict incident_type from dispatch_at, alarm_at, and address using time-series classification.
Cluster incidents by latitude and longitude to map high-frequency locations for station placement.
Model the time between cleared_at and arrived_at to forecast incident duration and resource needs.
Assess the impact of the RMS system transition by comparing response_time distributions before and after July 2023.
Strengths
Contains 19 detailed columns including temporal stamps and geographic coordinates.
Updated daily, providing current operational data.
Limitations
Row count and total size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
Response_time column contains negative values and outliers due to system transition and update delays, indicating data quality issues.
Geographic coverage is limited to the Bloomington area.
Provenance
Source
Bloomington Fire Department via data.bloomington.in.gov
Collection Method
Records from the Fire Department's Records Management System (RMS), with data unioned after a system transition in July 2023.
Time Range
Data spans from before the July 2023 RMS transition, updated daily; specific start date is unknown.
Freshness
Updated daily, with last platform update noted as 2026-04-03.
Geography
Bloomington, Indiana, USA, as indicated by city, state, and organization fields.
The response_time column may contain negative values or unusually high values due to the RMS system transition and occasional update delays. Contact [email protected] for data management questions.