NYC Automated External Defibrillator Inventory and Locations

NYC REMSCO maintains a registry of Automated External Defibrillator (AED) locations mandated by New York State Public Health Law, supplemented by locations in NYC public schools. The dataset includes detailed geospatial and administrative information for each AED site. It is published by the NYC Health Department under local law 91 of 2023.

Use Cases

• Mapping AED density and accessibility using the `Latitude`, `Longitude`, `Address`, and `Borough` columns.
• Analyzing AED coverage by political or community district using `Council_District`, `Community_District`, and `NTA_Code`.
• Assessing training levels and device counts at locations via `AED_NumPersonTrained` and `AED_NumAeds`.
• Identifying AEDs in specific building types or schools using the `Entity_Name` and `Location Type` columns.

Strengths

• Includes detailed geospatial coordinates (`Latitude`, `Longitude`) and administrative geography (`BBL`, `BIN`, `Census_Tract_2010`).
• Contains operational metrics like the number of trained personnel and AED units per location.
• Data collection is mandated by state law and local ordinance, suggesting a formal reporting process.

Limitations

• Conflicting last updated dates exist between sources (2026-04-05 vs 2026-03-31).
• Key metadata like row count, dataset size, and license are consistently reported as unknown or None across platforms.

Provenance

Source

NYC REMSCO (Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City) and NYC Department of Education.

Collection Method

Collected as part of New York State-mandated responsibilities for maintaining a Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) registry.

Freshness

2026-04-05 05:35:26.217430

Geography

New York City (all five boroughs).