Crisis Rooms (War Room)

What is a Crisis Room?

Crisis and Monitoring Rooms , as their name suggests, are rooms designed for the visualization and monitoring of risks or emergencies in a country, state, or company, as well as the monitoring of people or properties affected by a situation. The main objective of these spaces is for users to centralize information about an emergency, request resources, plan and adjust responses or tasks of actions to be carried out in order to make decisions and act in a timely, efficient, and effective manner.

They can be used to monitor, declare alerts, activate a crisis plan and make decisions to respond to emergencies or disasters . In short, they are a necessary instrument for coordination and effective response to a threat and/or emergency response.

Its main functions are:
- Share information between different institutions and elements that intervene during an emergency (Collaboration).
- Provide prompt and timely information to guide correct decision-making.
- Develop response and action plans.

Due to the type of information handled in a Crisis Room or War Room , it is very important that these spaces have a Collaboration System that allows interaction between different spaces, sites, facilities or even Cities.

It is very common to have a Crisis Room next to a Monitoring Center , since in the event of an emergency that requires special attention, the information must be immediately shared with higher commands so that the relevant actions and decisions can be taken.

A good Crisis Room has a video wall, screens, touch screens, touch panels, collaboration and automation systems , CCTV centralization, audio and microphones.