Smoke Signals
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- City of New Orleans
- Office of Performance and Data Analytics
In order to prevent fires, the city was able to use AHS data to identify variables— income as a proportion of poverty level, age of the structure, and length of tenancy— that could predict the presence of a smoke alarm, and then deliver smoke alarms to those houses
DATASETS
American Housing Survey; American Community Survey
Predicting Fire Risk: From New Orleans to a Nationwide Tool
When a fire broke out in a New Orleans home in October 2015, safety procedures worked exactly as they should – smoke alarms sounded, the occupants were alerted to the danger, and all 11 residents safely escaped from the house. Earlier that year, a new...
