Critical Response Group

United States Military Special Operations Force (USSOF) faced the challenge of operating and communicating about unfamiliar locations with diverse groups and nationalities while under stress during counter-terrorism missions. To solve that problem, USSOF developed a visual communication tool, called a Gridded Reference Graphic (GRG), that combined a grid overlay with high-resolution overhead imagery so mission participants could communicate from a site-specific common operating picture. The principles of a GRG were expanded and pivoted for domestic use as a Collaborative Response Graphic®, or CRG®. Known as America's Common Operating Picture®, CRGs are built for schools, places of worship, hospitals, airports, government buildings, prisons, parks, corporate facilities, theme parks, and other critical infrastructure, and are used for reunification efforts, and pre-planned or emerging events. The power of a CRG is its portability, meaning it easily integrates with preexisting systems thus allowing safety professions to establish a true common operating picture across all systems and first responder disciplines. Critical Response Group's team is a mix of decorated and combat-tested USSOF veterans and senior public safety experts committed to providing non-theoretical perspectives and emergency response solutions that increase situational awareness.