Integrated Information Systems deployed Extron FOX3 fibre optic systems when it updated the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
The state agency required an updated EOC Situation Room and the addition of breakout spaces for disaster recovery, homeland security and hazardous materials mitigation.
The AV system in the main hub was replaced with an Extron FOX3 modular fibre optic matrix switcher, and 14 new breakout rooms were tied in over a multimode fibre optic cable infrastructure. Content from multiple 4K/60 HDMI and USB sources and camera feeds is available for presentation on the EOC’s many display devices simultaneously.

During a crisis, the Situation Room’s 3x3 videowall, driven by an Extron Quantum Ultra 4K videowall processor, is the focal point. Built-in technologies such as Extron's Vector 4K scaling and HyperLane bus allow for image upscaling and downscaling as well as presentation of sources in real time. Breakout rooms all have access to the same resources as the Situation Room.
Extron SMP Series H.264 streaming media processors enable event recording, as well as streaming. To help drive videoconferencing in the Situation Room, an Extron MediaPort HDMI and audio to USB scaling bridge is connected to the system at the main workstation.
The North Carolina state officials use the EOC for centralised monitoring, control, and sharing of video and audio from the wide array of sources to communicate with local personnel and those in the field. The EOC’s new installation allows for monitoring and collaboration among agencies throughout drills and response simulations.