Bloomington Fire Department Response Times and Incident Records

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.