# Public Safety

| Name            | Description                                                                                                                                                                             | Examples                                                                                                    |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Alerts*        | Emergency community notifications such as evacuations, amber/silver alerts, severe weather, etc.                                                                                        |                                                                                                             |
| *Collisions*    | Moving vehicle collisions such as cars, trucks, buses, trains, trams, aircraft, etc.                                                                                                    |                                                                                                             |
| *Crimes*        | Crimes reported to law enforcement including assaults, homicides, thefts, etc.                                                                                                          | [NYPD Crime Statistics](https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/crime-statistics-landing.page) |
| *Evacuations*   | Zones, routes, shelters, meeting points for emergency events such as hurricanes, blizzards, tornados, floods, earthquakes, etc.                                                         |                                                                                                             |
| *Fires*         | Working fires or other incidents which require coordinated responses from fire departments, including structural fires, hazardous material conditions, mutual aid calls, injuries, etc. |                                                                                                             |
| *Incidents*     | Events that may require significantly coordinated response from multiple government agencies, such as oil spills, structural collapses, severe weather, etc.                            | [SeaStat](https://data.seattle.gov/)                                                                        |
| *Notifications* | Non-emergency community notifications such as traffic warnings, awareness campaigns, etc.                                                                                               |                                                                                                             |


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