The City of Toronto Open Data project includes a helpful dataset covering all fire incidents attended by the Toronto Fire Service (TFS) between 2011 and 2023.
We can be certain that EV proponents will find a way to keep EV-specific events from being distinguishable.
I'm a huge proponent of open data, but it often is too dirty or at a grain that makes it virtually unusable. One of the absolute worst is Ontario's "Sunshine List". The latest includes over 56,000 (!) different job titles, with 3300 alone for school boards. Trying to determine something as simple as the number of teachers are on the list is an exercise in frustration.
Indeed. As I've written, some of the education-related Sunshine List categories are real head-scratchers, like the 808 "assistant curriculum leaders" (who by their job description dont' seem to teach) I wrote about some time back:
I love that across the 2226 employers within the School Boards sector there is exactly 1 "Accountant". He/she must be working his/her ass off.
If the Gov of ON was at all serious about ensuring this dataset is useful, they'd insist every employer that's part of the salary disclosure program use the National Occupation Classification (NOC) system instead of job titles.
As usual, this is a very interesting and thought-provoking piece based on solid evidence. Thank you, David.
We can be certain that EV proponents will find a way to keep EV-specific events from being distinguishable.
I'm a huge proponent of open data, but it often is too dirty or at a grain that makes it virtually unusable. One of the absolute worst is Ontario's "Sunshine List". The latest includes over 56,000 (!) different job titles, with 3300 alone for school boards. Trying to determine something as simple as the number of teachers are on the list is an exercise in frustration.
Indeed. As I've written, some of the education-related Sunshine List categories are real head-scratchers, like the 808 "assistant curriculum leaders" (who by their job description dont' seem to teach) I wrote about some time back:
https://www.theaudit.ca/p/does-provincial-curriculum-policy-matter
I love that across the 2226 employers within the School Boards sector there is exactly 1 "Accountant". He/she must be working his/her ass off.
If the Gov of ON was at all serious about ensuring this dataset is useful, they'd insist every employer that's part of the salary disclosure program use the National Occupation Classification (NOC) system instead of job titles.