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Common Operating Picture (COP+)

COP+ is the live emergency map in H2CommandCentre, where you define hazard areas, manage residents and response resources, and report on everything you did.

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What COP+ doesCOP+ is the live emergency map in H2CommandCentre, where you define hazard areas, manage residents and response resources, and report on everything you did.
Join a session from an inviteClick the link in your phone, SMS, or email invitation to join a live session, with or without an H2CommandCentre account.
Add a map layerPull external spatial data, like government wildfire locations, onto the COP+ map by pasting a URL in a supported data format.
Define a hazard areaDraw a hazard area as a polygon or circle, or generate one from a pipeline or well, and COP+ calculates the residents and critical information inside it.
Reshape a hazard areaTurn on Enable Modify Hazard Area, drag the edge points of your polygon or circle, and pull the boundary to include homes with egress routes.
Draw hot, warm, and cold zonesDrag a circle to place hot, warm, and cold response zones on the COP+ map, then resize each ring by percentage or metres and save.
Review audit log and retrieve past reportsThe audit log records every action in a COP+ session; load it by session and date range, export it to Excel, and download any previous Hazard Area Report.
Change a resident's statusUpdate a resident's status from the COP+ map, whether they sit inside or outside the hazard area, and the map symbology updates to match.
Find assets and places with Global SearchGlobal Search zooms the COP+ map to any address, place, or company asset, from pipelines and facilities to valves and third-party wells.
Search by legal locationFind a spot on the COP+ map by its legal land description using the DLS, NTS, or Ontario survey systems, with partial searches allowed.
Measure distances on the mapClick points along a route on the COP+ map to measure distance in your chosen units, with a running total in the Measure window.
Find a resident by name or phoneSearch the COP+ map for a resident by full or partial name or phone number and jump straight to their location.
Identify a legal location from the mapClick any point on the COP+ map and the Legal Location Identifier returns its legal land description in DLS, NTS, or Ontario format.
Save and manage map bookmarksSave map views as Personal or Corporate bookmarks so you can jump to any asset area in one click, and rename or delete them under Manage Bookmarks.
Show, hide, and fade map layersToggle map layers on and off with the Layer List and Legend, and fade hazard areas, EPZs, zones, and boundaries with Layer Opacity.
Place response features on the mapDrop response resources like air monitors, command posts, and staging areas onto the COP+ map, add notes, and move, edit, or delete them later.
Change the basemapSwap the default Topographic basemap for any of 23 alternatives, including satellite imagery, streets, and light or dark canvases.
Enter and convert coordinatesUse Coordinates Display to enter a coordinate and zoom to it, track locations in multiple formats, and convert between UTM, decimal degrees, and more.
View and export the Hazard Area ReportThe Hazard Area Report lists everything inside your hazard area and regenerates on every redraw; view it under Reporting and export it to PDF or Excel.
Check or set incident weatherThe weather widget appears once a hazard area exists, pulling live conditions automatically or taking a manual wind direction and speed you enter.
Get around the COP+ mapThe small controls that make COP+ fast, including zoom, cursors, toggle buttons, the top menu bar icons, and paging through map results.
Mark up the map with text and shapesAdd text labels, points, lines, and shapes to the COP+ map with the Markup tool, and save them so they stay on the map.
Print or export the mapPrint Map outputs the current COP+ map view as a file, with or without a legend and border, in formats including PDF, EPS, and SVG.
View a resident's information sheetClick any resident on the COP+ map and generate their Resident Information Sheet from SIMS as a downloadable PDF.
Set up and dispatch a roadblockPlace roadblock points with staffing details on the COP+ map, then dispatch an email that sends the assigned person driving directions to their post.
Share a map snapshot to VEOCClick the camera icon in the COP+ top menu to post a snapshot of your current map view straight into the VEOC Main Forum and Dashboard.
Select an area and export everything insideDraw a polygon with Spatial Selection and COP+ returns every entity inside it in a tabbed Spatial Search Results report you can export tab by tab.