When Winter Storm Fern became the first major snowstorm of 2026, and the strongest in a decade, the impact was immediate and widespread
- 22 lives lost
- 1 million power outages
- Nearly 19,500 flight cancellations
- Major disruptions across k-12 & colleges
- Hundreds of weather-related crashes
- Thousands of miles of roadways treated
Satellite view of the February 2026 Nor’easter blizzard
For professionals working in command-and-control centers, this reality is familiar.
While severe weather damage and tragedy can be difficult—or even impossible—to avoid, proper preparation, real-time information, and strong collaboration can reduce impacts and help prevent additional incidents.
That’s where visability from Activu changes the game:
From Data Overload to Decisive Action
During severe weather, command centers are flooded with information—sensor feeds, outage data, weather models, traffic cameras, 911 calls, alerts, and reports. Traditional systems force operators to jump between screens or wait for someone to notice a problem buried in the noise.
That delay costs time. And time costs lives, money, and trust.
visability delivers real time situational awareness by automatically surfacing what matters most—right when it matters. Teams use it to:
- Respond faster to incidents
- Minimize operational risk
- Reduce injuries, damage, and downtime
One Common Operating Picture—Anywhere
visability virtualizes your common operating picture and makes it available on any device, anywhere:
- Control rooms
- Conference rooms
- Remote or home offices
- Mobile devices in the field
Everyone—from operators to executives to partner agencies—sees the same live view, in real time. No screen-sharing gymnastics. No outdated briefings. No confusion.
Instead of searching for a “needle in a haystack” visability dynamically prioritizes events, trends, changing conditions, based on customized alerts you insert. This reduces cognitive load during high-stress moments and helps teams focus on decision—not dashboards.
How it Works in the Real World
Utilities
Severe Winter Storms & Ice Events
Challenges
- Grid instability and cascading outages
- Crew dispatch under dangerous conditions
- Coordination with public safety and emergency managers
How visability Helps
- All SCADA and information streamed seamlessly to the video wall.
- Mobile video streaming from field crews to control center, to speed restoration
- Secure, executive views of live content streamed directly to leadership and public safety agencies, outside the control center.
- A shared operational picture that improves coordination and public messaging
Transportation & Transit
Hurricanes, Flooding, Tornadoes, & Winter Weather
Challenges
- Disrupted schedules and infrastructure damage
- Passenger safety risks
- Coordination across bus, rail, ferry, and traffic operations
How visability Helps
- Automatically turn Waze and other app alerts into visual dashboards of relevant content and information
- Share vital information across internal departments and external agencies
- Automated video wall prioritization when weather thresholds are crossed (wind, flooding, heat)
- Context-aware app dashboards and cameras for operators, field staff, and passengers
Colleges & Universities
Campus Safety During Extreme Weather
Challenges
- Campus closures and student safety
- Coordination across police, facilities, housing, and administration
How visability Helps
- A unified view inside the campus emergency operations center
- Automated prioritization of system-wide operations content—downed trees, flooding, access issues
- Mobile alerts for campus police and administrators as conditions change
Public Safety & Emergency Management
Multi-Agency Response
Challenges
Challenges
- Rapidly shifting threats
- Overloaded 911 and EMS systems
- Coordination across police, fire, EMS, and emergency management
How visability Helps
- Seamlessly view the complete picture through a unified view of Fusus, Flock, gun detection, Waze, and other apps.
- Synchronized views of resources, road closures, and weather impacts
- Virtual EOCs shared with partner agencies to speed decision and action
Built for When Seconds Count
Many tools show data. visability delivers context.
Unlike static dashboards or siloed systems, visability:
Helps command-and-control centers adapt as conditions change.
Highlights what matters—when seconds count.
Works anywhere, not just inside the control room.
Severe weather isn’t slowing down. The next storm is never a question of if—only when.
Real-time situational awareness is no longer nice to have.
It’s essential.
Make sure to have full “visability” before the next storm hits
Request a demo today and see how visability helps teams respond faster, coordinate better, and protect lives and critical infrastructure.
Case Studies
- Advanced Emergency Response Integrated Environment at the Pentagon
Activu’s software platform was the only one that could agnostically unify multiple systems for the Pentagon’s common operating picture. - Polk County Sheriff’s Office Switched to vis/ability
©2025 Activu. Polk Country Sheriff’s Office modernized their Emergency Communications Center video wall and content management platform with vis/ability, together with the creation of their new Real-Time Crime Center. - Visability: The Unifying Platform for a City’s Digital Convergence
This Israeli city trusts vis/ability for their information security, improving the city’s visual monitoring center, and providing better services for both residents and municipal employees - Future-Proofing Power: Transforming MTE’s Control Room for Unparalleled Efficiency
The largest electric cooperative in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) region, faced challenges with antiquated technology. - DTE Energy: Storm Resilience Revolutionizes a Utility Control Center
In the wake of the Windstorm of 2017, DTE Energy found itself compelled to reassess their System Operations control room, recognizing the urgency for an upgrade to address its outdated infrastructure before the next crisis struck. - Integrated Operations Center: Flexibility & Security Across Critical Operations
A large Northwestern U.S. power utility is leading the nation in innovation, and a seamless operating picture, through a unified approach across functions through vis/ability. - Arlington EOC: Managing the Unexpected in the Entertainment Capital of Texas
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Arlington, TX—one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the United States—is prepared for the unexpected with Activu’s next-gen control room platform, vis/ability. - PGE’s Video Wall & Control Room Add Resilience & Collaboration
The Integrated Operations Center is part of the nerve center of PGE’s smart grid. At the IOC, we centralize PGE’s… Read more: PGE’s Video Wall & Control Room Add Resilience & Collaboration - Safely & Efficiently Delivering More than Half-a-Billion People to Their Destinations, Every Year.
A regional transit agency with the third largest urban bus ridership in the world chose to stay ahead through careful capital improvements that included the bus command-and-control operations. Approximately 700 million riders depend on this agency’s buses every year, managed in a command center running vis/ability from Activu. - Mesa Emergency Operations Center upgrades to better protect citizens of the 10th largest metro area in the U.S.
Natural disasters, accidents, and other threats necessitated a modernization of the Mesa EOC. The Emergency Operations team chose vis/ability from Activu to modernize and future proof their command center, far beyond the limitations of an AV-centric hardware solution.