Calling All Viz GOATs: July Data Viz Contest with Awesome Prizes! 🏆

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I’m thrilled to announce we have a fun data viz contest kicking off in July, but you can start right away!!

:double_exclamation_mark: Please Read: Full contest details, requirements, and rules can be found here: GOATs Data Viz Contest July 2025 Official Rules & Guidelines :double_exclamation_mark:

Utilizing City of New York Fire Incident Dispatch Data 2024 to 2025 (Download Here ~200MB)

Submission Deadline: Friday, July 25th, 2025, by 11:59 PM Pacific Time

Tools Allowed: Any data visualization tool of your choice (Tableau, Power BI, Excel, etc.), as long as submissions meet criteria and are shared with the judges in publicly accessible formats (more details in full official guidelines).

Eligibility: Open to all members (except judges) of the GOATs Community.

Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 Finishers

:trophy: 1st Place - 1 Year Subscription to LinkedIn Premium Career ($240 value!) - Find the right job faster, stand out to hiring managers, network with recruiters, see who’s been viewing your profile, and gain access to ‘LinkedIn Learning’ with over 24k courses to choose from to grow your career. Plus: A Real Physical GOATs 1st Place TROPHY

:2nd_place_medal: 2nd Place - 1 Year Subscription to Olga Berezovsky’s Data Analysis Journal ($120 value!) - weekly newsletters, mentorship, Q&A, cheatsheets and more! Plus: A Real Physical GOATs 2nd Place Medal

:3rd_place_medal: 3rd Place - Two free courses of your choosing on Analyst Builder ($88 value!) - a great place to build analytics skills for a reasonable price. Plus: A Real Physical GOATs 3rd Place Medal

To Submit Your Entry, create a reply below with your submission. Make sure your submission follows all of the official guidelines.

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Last Contest Winners from February

1st Place: Mike Whaley (@Mike_Whaley)

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2nd Place: Donnelly Miller (@matrixski)

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3rd Place: Sai Narahari (@Sainarahari25)

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Are you competing? Drop a comment here!

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Executive Summary – NYC Fire Incident Dispatch 2024

In 2024, New York City reported 696.7K incidents, averaging 58.1K per month, with an average response time of 39.9 seconds and incident duration of 18.7 minutes.

  • Medical emergencies dominate with 386K cases, over half of all incidents.
  • Brooklyn had the highest number of incidents (193.7K), followed by Manhattan (177.1K).
  • July saw the highest activity (63.1K incidents), and Monday was the busiest day (102.6K).
  • Mid-day (12–6 PM) accounted for the largest share of incidents (41.85%).
  • 97% of incidents lasted less than one hour, reflecting high operational efficiency.
  • Higher alarm levels significantly increased unit deployment, with Fifth Alarms requiring over 120 units on average.

Check Here

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Fantastic submission @Sebaslop90 and welcome to the community! Thanks for participating, and we’ll let you know the outcome here in a few weeks when the contest closes.

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Who is going to take home one of these?! Of course, there’s some other great prizes as mentioned above, but you also get one of these awesome medals (2nd and 3rd place) or the grand prize GOATs trophy for 1st place.

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11 Days left in the contest! Can’t wait to see the rest of the submissions.

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Hi, my name is Ashita Shetty, and I am excited to share my submission for the July Data Viz Contest

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Link to the BI Report: Power BI

If you are unable to access the BI file, here is a demo video of the dashboard - Fire-Incident-Dashboard/README.md at main · ashita03/Fire-Incident-Dashboard · GitHub

Summary of the analysis:

  • The dashboard reveals that 696,697 total incidents were recorded with an average of 58K monthly. This shows the city’s fire department is handling a significant volume of calls, indicating high operational demand

  • BROOKLYN alone accounted for 193,794 incidents, followed by MANHATTAN and the BRONX. This highlights where fire and emergency services are most needed geographically.

  • The top 3 types of incidents are:

    • Medical Emergency: 385,824
    • Non-Medical Emergency: 247,575
    • Structural Fires: 24,633

  • Monthly breakdown shows a spike in incidents from May to July, suggesting seasonal or heat-related influence on emergency call frequency

  • On average, an incident lasts 20.52 minutes and the average Dispatch time is 39.89 seconds

  • The most frequently dispatched unit was Engine (Total: 779,108), followed by Ladder (Total: 383,055) and other units (Total: 209,021)