Some one-off events like festivals and official
ceremonies require exceptional security measures but, quite frequently,
control rooms are lacking. Information is then mainly shared via radio
and involves a heavy hierarchically layered command structure. The Barco
solution? A temporary command center, featuring our networked
visualization and collaboration solution.
Images from diverse sources
From video walls and displays through to a networked visualization
platform: Barco has all the solutions available to set up mobile control
rooms. Hence the pioneering project it set up in 2014, together with
INNOS, the new Belgian Innovation Center for Security, to ensure
security during an official ceremony in Nieuwpoort. “We installed a
temporary command center, where images coming from mobile CCTV camera
units and police helicopters, and even feeds from social media, were
visualized,” explained Arne Dormaels, researcher at Innos.
Decisions taken 6x faster
The results exceeded expectations: the simple, cost-effective set-up
helped improve command and control significantly. “As all the right
information was available to the right people at the right time, via
common interfaces, communication between people in Nieuwpoort and
further away was much easier,” Arne continued. “Besides, Barco’s mobile
break-out solution significantly enhanced efficiency. Decisions were
based on real-time information and, consequently, were better and taken
six times faster!”
A 360° view on the festival grounds
Inspired by the success story in Nieuwpoort, a major music festival
called in Barco’s help to set up a similar network-centric control
center last summer. Split over three control rooms, the mobile control
room combined the images and data coming from diverse sources to then
create on-the-fly views, distribute these and visualize them on bright
video walls/displays. Here too, the ROI was impressive: the solution
boosted efficiency and everyone involved in security had all eyes on
what was happening in the festival grounds.