Norfolk Fire-Rescue Daily Call Summaries by Event Type and Zone

Daily summaries of Norfolk Fire-Rescue emergency calls are grouped by call date, station zone, and event type. Data covers incidents from January 1, 2014 to the present and is updated daily. The dataset is provided by the City of Norfolk's data portal.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in Medical Emergency and Fire calls using the Call Received Date column.
• Compare incident volume across different Station Zones to identify high-demand areas.
• Model correlations between event types, such as Traffic Collision and Hazardous Condition calls.
• Forecast daily Total call volume using historical time-series data.
• Profile the frequency of specialized incidents like Water Rescue, Aircraft Emergency, and Hazardous Material responses.

Strengths

• Data spans from January 1, 2014 to the present, providing a multi-year time series.
• Updated daily, offering near-real-time insight into call activity.
• Contains 26 distinct columns categorizing call types and administrative details.

Limitations

• Exact row count and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Lacks specific address or geographic coordinates, reducing spatial analysis precision.
• Data is aggregated daily, losing granular temporal details of individual calls.

Provenance

Source

City of Norfolk Fire-Rescue (NFR), published via data.norfolk.gov.

Collection Method

Aggregated from official emergency dispatch records.

Time Range

January 1, 2014 to present.

Freshness

Updated daily.

Geography

Norfolk, Virginia, USA, aggregated by fire station zone.