Chicago's Lake Michigan Drownings

Dear Kelly:

Thank you for your interest in information from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). Your FOIA request has been received and is being processed. Your FOIA Center reference number for tracking purposes is: F212270-072121
You have requested the following records: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:

The data record layout, data frame, or any equivalent data framework used by this department to document Chicago's Lake Michigan drownings and drowning death rates containing demographic characteristics of individuals associated with each event from Dec. 31, 2010 to July 21, 2021. Please provide a list of the Chicago beaches with the data records layout, data frame, or any equivalent data framework used by this department to document drownings and drowning death rates.

Materials responsive to this portion of this request should include reference to the data elements collected by this department and should not include any personal information.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kelly Milan

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FFICE OF MERGENCY ANAGEMENT ND OMMUNICATIONS
CITY OF CHICAGO
July 29, 2021 RE: FOIA Request #F212270-072121
Dear Kelly Milan:
On behalf of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), I am responding to your Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that our office received on July 21, 2021, wherein you requested the following information: "To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:

The data record layout, data frame, or any equivalent data framework used by this department to document Chicago's Lake Michigan drownings and drowning death rates containing demographic characteristics of individuals associated with each event from Dec. 31, 2010 to July 21, 2021. Please provide a list of the Chicago beaches with the data records layout, data frame, or any equivalent data framework used by this department to document drownings and drowning death rates.

Materials responsive to this portion of this request should include reference to the data elements collected by this department and should not include any personal information.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kelly Milan

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The OEMC is not the keeper of the records you seek.
Please be advised that each City department is a "public body" under Section 2 of FOIA, 5 ILCS 140/2(a). See Duncan Publishing, Inc. v. City of Chicago, 304 Ill. App. 3d 778, 784, 709 N.E.2d 1281, 1286 (1ST Dist. 1999) ("Clearly, each of the individual departments are subsidiary bodies of the City and are 'public bodies' as defined by the FOIA.")  A FOIA request must be directed to the department that maintains the records you are seeking.
Sincerely, M. Mason - OEMC FOIA
Freedom of Information Officer
Office of Emergency Management & Communications
312-746-9403