In recent times, there have been a significant number of global crises that are more challenging than those that occurred in the past. Recent crises differ in the sense that they are unprecedented, unusually severe, and cross-country borders. This means that crisis management involves prompt and effective coordination of many stakeholders, as well as data collection and assessment from many different sources. The purpose of a Crisis Management Centre is to accommodate all key people that handle disaster logistics; assessing the risks and resources required, consolidating information, making decisions, and defining the communication strategy. In crisis situations of this scale, gathering information, making decisions, and directing the right responses requires good coordination and, as a result, emergency centres must adapt their approaches, action plans and tools to deal with these new crises quickly and effectively.
