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Office of Emergency Management Headquarters

City of New York, New York, NY

Challenge:

New York City's Office of Emergency Management's (OEM) mission is to plan and prepare for emergencies, educate the public about preparedness, collect and disseminate critical information, and coordinate emergency response and recovery efforts. One of the greatest challenges facing implementation of the AV technology at the new OEM headquarters was to install and integrate systems in which information from hundreds of sources could be easily accessed and displayed. During an emergency, the OEM may need to obtain data from various sources including TV and radio stations, internet sites, and federal, state and government feeds. The most sophisticated and critical AV systems are found in the Watch Command and the Emergency Operation Center (EOC).

Solution:

All elements of the EOC's newly installed AV technology are managed by a Crestron control system. The central display screen for the Watch Command consists of five Mitsubishi 61" DPL rear projection units, installed side-by-side as one unified display image. A RGB Media Wall processor allows numerous video, broadcast and computer generated images to be displayed in user-controllable sizes and positions across the entire screen surface. On each side of the central display configurations are two 42" NEC plasmas, with audio coverage provided by Tannoy ceiling speakers. The Watch Command space is structured so that three rows of seating face the large central display. Each row supports full computer, video, microphone and AV system touch panel connectivity for the AV presentation and display elements.

At the center of the EOC is a large, uniquely-designed, two-sided rear-projection enclosure directly above the oval-shaped command podium. Each side of the enclosure contains two 160" diagonal rear-projection screens. Inside the enclosure are four (one for each screen) Christie Digital 8000 Lumens projectors in a 16 x 9 format. Two RGB Spectrum Media Wall multi-image processors allow a variety of video, broadcast and computer images to be arrayed simultaneously across the screen surfaces to aid emergency workers in situation analysis, monitoring and resolution. On each side of the enclosure, 84" plasma displays were installed to provide additional image area. Eight 61" NEC plasma displays are arranged around the hub's perimeters. This technology can mirror the images displayed on the central displays, as well as display content of their own.

Equipment Highlights:

Crestron control system; rear projection units; plasma displays; ceiling speakers; multi-image processors

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