Fire Incidents in City of Austin Full Purpose which AFD responded on (does not include medical calls).

Metadata below:

Data Descriptions
MasterIncidentNumber = unique identifier for individual incidents. If you encounter multiple rows with same MasterIncident number, it is b/c that incident had a multi-unit response. Please refer to RespondingUnit to determine the number of units responding to the individual incident.

CalendarYear = calendar year in which individual incident occurred

Month = month in which individual incident occurred

DayOfMonth = calendar date in which individual incident occurred (Ex: 10 = 10th day in month)

Call_Type = generalized description of incident type for individual incidents.

Battalion = Battalion in which individual incident occurred. A Battalion is a geographic boundary used for management of stations (Ex: Station 1, 2, 3, 4 are in Battalion 1)

Jurisdiction = Boundary of jurisdiction/department in which individual incident occurred. AFD = City of Austin Full Purpose

ResponseArea = Small geographic boundary (often tied to a specific stations) in which individual incident occurred. Ex: 00-0101 is a ResponseArea for Station 1. Also referred to as Fire Box.

TSUPResponseStatus = Level of response. Code 1 = no lights/sirens, travels speedlimit. Code 3 = lights/sirens, will travel faster than speedlimit.
Priority Description = Level of Priority of incident. Number equals priority (3 = Priority 3), letter equals general incident type (F=Fire)

Responding Unit = Units which responded to individual incident

District = Boundary of City Council single-member district in which individual incident occurred

Latitude = non-decimal latitude. Please use this formula to calculate for GIS geolocating = latitude *0.000001

Longitude = non-decimal longitude. Please use this formula to calculate for GIS geolocating = longitude * -.000001

Standard of Coverage for Calendar Year 2017 (January 2017 - December 2017). AFD's goal is to reach the resident/incident within 8 mins (from phone pickup to first arriving unit), 90% of the time. Info is grouped by Response Area Polygon (RAP) --- this is a geographical boundary which often reflects the area the station/unit would be the first responding unit. This data can be joined to the AFD RAP layer, which is in GIS format.

Standard of Coverage (CY2017)

The Austin Fire Department's Standard of Coverage (SOC) is
"90% within 8 mins". In other words, our goal is to reach 90% of our emergency incidents within 8 mins from call-receipt to on-scene.

Purpose: Represent the % of calls which meet AFD's internal response time standard. Standard: The first unit arrives onscene within 8 mins (from call receipt to onscene) 90% of the time.

This dataset contains AFD's Standard of Coverage (SOC) results for calendar years 2018-2021. AFD's goal is to reach the resident/incident within 8 mins (from phone pickup to first arriving unit), 90% of the time. The dataset only includes emergency incidents (priority 1-3, 4M) that fell within AFD's service area (City of Austin full purpose and contracts for service). Response time results are grouped by Response Area Polygons (RAP) --- this is a geographical boundary which often reflects the area the station/unit would be the first responding unit.

Disclaimer:
The Austin Fire Department does not assume liability for any errors in the data or decisions taken by the recipient. The information provided should be used for general purposes only

The Austin Fire Department's Standard of Coverage (SOC) is goal is to reach 90% of our emergency incidents within 8 mins from call-receipt to on-scene.

The Austin Fire Department's Standard of Coverage (SOC) is goal is to reach 90% of our emergency incidents within 8 mins from call-receipt to on-scene.

The Austin Fire Department's Standard of Coverage (SOC) is goal is to reach 90% of our emergency incidents within 8 mins from call-receipt to on-scene.

Service area (Territory) of each Emergency Service District in Travis County, along with Austin Fire Department service area.

The Austin Fire Department's Standard of Coverage (SOC) is goal is to reach 90% of our emergency incidents within 8 mins from call-receipt to on-scene.