communications center
Message coordination facility
A communications center is a facility that coordinates message traffic and information flow, typically for emergency services, military operations, or large organizations.
Police and fire departments route calls through a communications center where dispatchers direct response units: The 911 call went to the county communications center.
Also called a comm center.
- dispatchSend with speed
- emergency servicesUrgent public safety organizations
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- hubCentral connection point
- control roomFacility housing operational oversight
operator · radio · transmitter · control · headquarters · antenna · relay · emergency · 911 · incoming call · phone lines · signal · frequency · monitor · console · headset · tower · satellite
communications centerdead zone
Area lacking signal coverage
communication blackout · coverage gap · dark zone · shadow zone · faraday cage
communications centermedia blackout
Suppression of press coverage
isolation chamber · incommunicado · news blackout · echo chamber
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