EMS Calls for Service

<p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;'><strong>Purpose</strong></span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>This dataset has been published by Emergency Medical Services of the City of Virginia Beach and data.virginiabeach.gov.&nbsp; The mission of data.virginiabeach.gov is to provide timely and accurate City information to increase government transparency and access to useful and well organized data by the general public, non-governmental organizations, and City of Virginia Beach employees.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;'><strong>Attributes</strong></span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Column: EMS Call Number</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Description: The computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system generates a series of numbers that uniquely identifies an incident.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Column: Call Location</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Description: This is the 100- block number, street name, and City of the location of the incident.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Column: Call Priority</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Description: The priority category that the call is classified under. There are three priority classifications.&nbsp;</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin:0in 0in 0in .5in;'><span>Priority 1 – Based on criteria met during emergency medical dispatch screening, the patient’s condition has an increased likelihood of being life-threatening and/or emergent.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin:0in 0in 0in .5in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin:0in 0in 0in .5in;'><span>Priority 2 – Based on criteria met during emergency medical dispatch screening, the information provided indicates the patient’s condition is potentially stable and not as emergent as Priority 1.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin:0in 0in 0in .5in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin:0in 0in 0in .5in;'><span>Priority 3 – Based on criteria met during emergency medical dispatch screening, the information provided indicates a stable patient and that a delayed response (if necessary) will not adversely impact patient outcome.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Column: Rescue Squad Number</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Description: The EMS rescue squad number of the unit responding to the incident.</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Column: Call Date and Time&nbsp;<br />Description: The date and time the call was received.</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Column: Entry Date and Time</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Description: The time the call was entered into the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system.</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Column: Dispatch Date and Time&nbsp;<br />Description: The time the call was initially dispatched.&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Column: En route Date and Time&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Description: Represents the first en route time captured. If multiple units are responding, this time represents the first unit classified as en route.</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Column: On Scene Date and Time</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Description: The time the first unit arrives on scene.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Column: Close Date and Time</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>Description: Time that the call is concluded.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;'><strong>Frequency of dataset update</strong></span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Weekly</span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;'><strong>Provided by</strong></span></p><p style='line-height:normal; margin-bottom:0in;'><span>Metadata provided by &lt;Jeremiah Ong, Emergency Medical Services&gt;</span></p>