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NYC Open Data

Open Data is free public data published by New York City agencies and other partners. The following datasets were used in this project:

United States Fire Administration (USFA) - Home Fire Fatalities in the News

The USFA gathers home fire fatality information from U.S. news media reports published within 24-48 hours after a fatal fire. Most fires require investigations that can take weeks or months to complete. For this reason, the information found on their page should be viewed only as preliminary, especially as it relates to the cause of the fire and the presence or absence of working smoke alarms.
  • Updated daily
  • Date range of extract: January 2016 - February 2022
  • Extracted on February 28, 2022

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Global Summary of the Month (GSOM)

GSOM data provides a global summary of meteorological elements (max temp, snow, etc). They have multiple stations in which they collect data from worldwide. For the purpose of this project, the NYC Central Park station (Station #USW00094728) was used.
  • Updated monthly
  • Date range used of extract: January 2016 - December 2020
  • Extracted on March 13, 2022

Data extracts used can be found in the GitHub Repository