A remarkable map of London, made entirely from London Fire Brigade data on fire engine callouts, has been created by a lecturer from University College London.
The map shows each of the 144,000 fire engine callouts in London in 2011 with different coloured lines for false alarms, fires, and “other callouts”. By far the biggest number of callouts are false alarms from automatic fire alarms.
The overall picture, with all of the data points emanating from the 113 fire stations in the capital, creates a surprisingly accurate map of London. The data used was originally requested by the Financial Times, which was keen to map the possible impact of proposed fire station closures in London.
That analysis from the FT showed that central London boroughs — where the majority of the closures are proposed — enjoy “quicker response times” than outer boroughs.
Click on the image to see it more closely.
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