Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson CountyOpen Data Metadata

Contact Information

Who is the contact for this dataset? The contact will be the Metro employee who is accountable for the data provided in this dataset and can act as front-line support in the event of any questions about the data.

Contact Name / Colleen Herndon
Data Provided By / Fire Department
Contact Phone / 615-862-5257
Contact Email /

What Does this Dataset Describe?

What is the name of this dataset? How should a user identify this dataset in any communication with contact above? Provide a shorter description of the Dataset that can act as a one-line summary of the dataset when dealing with stakeholders. Provide a longer description of the data that can be readily understood by non-technical users.

Dataset Title / Fire Stations
Short Description / Fire Station Locations
Category / Public Safety
Metro Information Classification* / Public (no risk)
OPTIONAL Tags / Keywords
(separated by commas) / Fire station, fire stations, fire hall, fire halls
Source System / Maintained manually on a spreadsheet
Source Link / Maintained on a spreadsheet
Full Non-Technical Description
List of all Metro Nashville Fire Station locations

* The Information Classification policy that explain’s Metro’s levels is found at: http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/ITS/docs/Information%20Security/7_2_2_InformationClassificationPolicy.pdf

Does the Dataset Reflect a Particular Time Period?

Provide any date restrictions that may affect the validity of the data. The table fields are defined as follows:

Source Date / Periodically as stations are opened/closed
Start Date / 4/15/2014
End Date / N/A
Dataset Refresh Interval / As needed when stations are opened and/or closed
Dataset Review Date / As needed when stations are opened and/or closed
Data Expiration Date / N/A
Comments / N/A

Dataset Definition/Format

Provide a field-by-field breakdown and definition of each record. This section acts as the formal data dictionary for an individual record. Add or delete rows as necessary to describe all of your dataset fields.

Data Field Name / Format / Description
StationNumber / Text / Fire Station Number
StreetAddress / Address: Street Number and Name / Fire Station Street Address
City / Address: City / Address City
State / Address: State / Address State
ZipCode / Address: Zip Code / Address Zip Code

Additional Dataset Considerations

Dataset Technical Description / Current Fire Station locations
Dataset Assumptions / Data is current
Why was the Dataset Created? / To maintain a listing of all NFD’s Fire Stations, with their addresses
How was the Dataset Created? / Manually in Excel
What similar or related data should the user be aware of? / N/A
How reliable is the Data? / Accurate as of 04/15/2014
How well have the data points been checked? / Confirmed by NFD personnel
Are there Legal Restrictions on the Access or Use of the Data? / None beyond those standard for Metro Open Data

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data.nashville.gov 05/14/2014