1. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
Data & Analytics Initiative
John S. Butler, Fire Chief
June 11, 2019

2. Problem Leading to Disparate and unstructured data
Disparate data staff
Leading to
Data errors
Duplication
Wasted staff time
Uninformed decisions

3. Solution Realign data analysts to the Information Technology Division
Direct access to IT staff for SME’s and tightly integrated solutions
Conduct agency-wide data inventory
3 pillars of data to serve as authoritative data sources
Operational, personnel, and assets
Optimize data warehouse for better performance and data accuracy
Convert legacy applications to web applications with SQL backend
Utilize Microsoft Power BI to visualize and interact with data
Utilize Microsoft SQL Reporting Services to deliver static reports
Integrate Esri ArcGIS Enterprise for spatial data
Documentation, documentation, documentation!

4. Examples
Daily Report
Wellness Dashboard

5. More Examples Community Risk Reduction Smoke Alarm Initiative
Calendar Year Data Explorer

6. Questions?