Software tools to manage any crisis

Crisis Suite: basic package Entropia Network Approved

Merlin software helps you mitigate the harmful effects of a crisis by supporting you with practical software tools for crisis management.

These tools help you to prepare for a crisis, during a crisis and in the evaluation when a situation has de-escalated. Manage Calls and information via SMS, voice call, app notification and e-mail. With automatic escalation, so you can always have the correct personnel required.


Merlin links with Entropia’s communication platform ComBus, Entropia network information or conversation requests are automatically registered via radios and incidents can be handled immediately.
Combus link certified


Always have up-to-date contact details of your crisis organisation members, departments, and locations.


Make your crisis organisation structure definitive
Linking people to roles and teams
Insight into your locations and linked documents
Timetables for people who are standby or on call duty


Working personnel shift adjustment based on grids, live transfer and free inflow.


See which people are on duty at any time
Easily import and manage timetable services
Personnel receives an SMS at start and end of allocated shift pattern
Insight into your locations and linked documents
Take over shift from each other with takeover requests via app


Crisis plans always accessible digitally to the members of your crisis organisation.


Documents available digitally anytime
Shortlist with documents based on the crisis role of the user
Link documents to locations (e.g. maps)
Clear view through the tree structure
Linking to document management system possible


A practical tool to log decision-making with a real-time overview for your crisis team.


Logging according to decision-making model (PDO)
Directly assign and monitor actions
Search, filter and export
Themes for even more structure during meetings
Linking with Microsoft Teams


Assign actions to people, roles and teams, receive their status updates and maintain overview.


Responsible personnel gets a notification via the app
Pass status and comments via the app
Real-time action overview of all actions
Preparing and activating action lists during a crisis


Make important attachments available to your crisis organisation in one central place during a crisis.


Link files to actions and log the event
Easy upload files (drag and drop)
Supports a wide range of file types
Clear view with folder structure






Merlin Software was founded in 2015 to create best-in-class software to enable organisations to fight crises smarter. Founders Ruud van den Beukel and René de Jong saw in practice that a lot went wrong in managing crises. This was never due to the will of people, but the complexity and pressure caused mistakes.


CrisisSuite ensures that people can focus on what they are good at, so that they can act faster and smarter during a crisis.

Crisis Suite extensions: (optional) applications

Third-party mobility applications present a powerful opportunity to unlock significant safety and efficiency gains for organisations using Entropia’s networks.

Software serves as a valuable tool to empower human expertise and judgment. It's crucial to have all the right tools in place, incorporating communication, collaboration, incident response, and recovery protocols.

By strategically leveraging technology alongside human capabilities, you can effectively manage crises, minimize their impact, and emerge stronger.

Enables departments, locations and crisis teams inform each other periodically using situation reports.


Compiling questionnaires (forms) yourself
Users see which SITREP they have to focus on
Recipients receive a notification (app, email and/or SMS)
Consult the history of the development of situations


Call and inform your employees quickly and reliably during a crisis.


Calling or informing people, roles or crisis teams
Communication Channels: SMS, Phone, Email and CrisisSuite App
Live attendance overview
Preparing and Activating alarm scenarios at the touch of a button


Provide a visual geographical overview of the crisis.


Draw shapes on the map with simple tools
Use multiple map layers for different levels of detail
Work with shapes, icons and colours for more clarity
Show your own locations on the map
Share the overview with the members of your crisis organisation


Chat functionality for securely sending and receiving messages in open or confidential groups.


Chat functionality for the members of your crisis organisation
Create messaging based on disciplines, teams or individual members
Confidential or open messaging channels
Broadcast messages to everyone within your crisis organisation


Keep stakeholders informed via an alternative website when your own website is no longer on the air.


Reliable alternative in case of failure of your website
Keep your stakeholders informed
Posting information from CrisisSuite
Prepare the structure of the reporting
Look & feel of your organization (logo, colors & font)


Incident management, dashboarding and reporting for companies, control rooms and events.


Quick and easy recording incidents
Receive incident notifications via the app, SMS, email and API link
Preparing Incident Types (instructions, questionnaires, actions)
Scaling up the incident to a crisis
Dashboard and reports


Capture your crisis training and monitor the competencies of crisis organisation members.


Qualifying profiles for the different roles in your crisis organisation
Plan education, training, and exercises
Complete competence overview for RTD coordinators
Participants have their own training overview
E-learning functionality for e.g. onboarding of new team members


Calls to fixed phone numbers automatically forward to assisting people.


Calls automatically forward to personnel
Personnel assignment based on rosters or free inflow
Employee receives an SMS at start and end of shift service
Take over shift from each other with takeover requests via app
Logging and call reporting



Comprehensive Crisis Management

with Software Solutions:

Navigating a crisis effectively requires swift action, informed decision-making, and seamless coordination across various teams.

While human expertise remains paramount, specialised software plays a crucial role in augmenting your response capabilities and mitigating the impact of an unforeseen event.

It is important to carefully evaluate your needs and choose a software solution that is right for your organisation. You may also want to consider talking to an Entropia applications specialist who can help you select and implement a crisis management software solution.



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