Review of Open Call Record Datasets concerning the U.S. 911 Emergency Response System

The data available here identifies and describes a sampling of publicly available datasets about the 911 emergency response system. This list of datasets is a resource for researchers, civic technologists, activists, and journalists seeking to learn more about the 911 emergency response system. The list helps to identify relevant datasets that could be used to understand various types of 911 activity.

During the first quarter of 2021, the R911 NAT created a list of priority cities including the top 100 cities by population, all state capitals, and the 82 cities that are home to Code for America Brigades. The team then conducted internet searches for each city using terms like “911 calls for service” and “open 911 data.” The dataset and a codebook defining each of these fields are provided as .csv files within a zip file.

Note: this file does not contain the actual 911 datasets, which often number in the millions of records. The data_link field contains the URL of the site where each dataset is publicly available.

See also: The Reimagine 911 knowledge base at: https://reimagine-911.gitbook.io/knowledge-base

Contributors: This open data review was performed by the Code for America Reimagine 911 National Action Team. Contributing team members include: Aleks Hatfield, Brandon Bolton, Chizo Nwagwu, Dan Stormont, Elaine Chow, Em Spalti, Erica Pauls, Gio Sce, Gregory Janesch, Iva Momcheva, Ivelina Momcheva, Jamie Klenetsky Fay, Jason Trout, Jaya Prasad Jayakumar, Jennifer Miller, Jim Grenadier, Joanna Smith, Jonathan Melvin, Katlyn McGraw, Margaret Fine, Mariah Lynch, Micah Mutrux, Michelle Hoogenhout, Patina Herring, Peter Zeglen, Sarah Graham, Sebastian Barajas