Although most of us associate autumn as peak wildfire season, firefighters and public safety officials prepare for fire events year-round. Whether the result of human negligence or natural disaster, wildfires burned just over 10 million acres in 2020. Environmental, human, and other physical losses severely…
Operational teams often face challenges to avoid duplication, overlap, fragmentation, and/or missed opportunities due to inefficient processes, poor communication, or limited resources. The potential negative consequences increase exponentially when multiple organizations are involved. Common objectives are poorly executed across multiple facilities and/or teams if there…
Academic institutions of all sizes typically employ dedicated police or security teams. It is more important than ever that campuses with young student populations focus on public safety. Campus safety must take social justice activity, hazing, the opioid epidemic, violence, and general crime into account…
Never have emergency managers had such immediate and broad access to critical information concerning real-time events. Operators can monitor popular social media platforms, constantly updated news channels, and community networking sites in order to “crowdsource” information from the affected community. The most popular social media…
Charlotte, NC is one of the fastest-growing cities in the US. Its population increased nearly 20% in the last decade, making it the 15th most populous city in the country. Rapid growth has its challenges – particularly for the CMPD and the Charlotte Fire Department…
City and state organizations everywhere are discovering a greater need for centralized control room or command center technology. Unprecedented societal events are prompting several public health and safety initiatives. While many communities share common problems, each is developing unique solutions involving the acquisition of technology…
Law enforcement agencies must rely on advanced visual intelligence systems to provide situational awareness, response strategy, and analysis to officers. For too long, operators and officers have had to parse through intelligence pouring into crime centers from disparate sources. Now, these same agencies can easily…
Across the country, cities, counties, and municipalities are adjusting their procedures and staffing requirements around COVID-19 related guidelines. Social distancing practices have impacted every organization imaginable, and it is the responsibility of critical public services to maintain full operations despite the guidelines. The rise and…
CineMassive is proud to help emergency responders and public safety officials across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Chesapeake Public Safety Operations Center (PSOC) is helping to establish a unified command system for the entire City of Chesapeake’s region throughout this challenging time.…
Anyone working in the command and control space has noticed the growing trend toward a reliance on web-based applications. URL feeds, cloud-based, or SaaS applications are commonly used across multiple markets to monitor network health, traffic, and security. Public safety and defense organizations use web-based…