Founded on operational experience

Built by people who've actually worked a shift.

Shaped by many years in control rooms and on the front line — across emergency services, security, events, and private medical. We built what we wished existed when UK retailers were logging 1,600 staff abuse incidents a day and festival medics were treating thousands on site.

UK control room operators at CAD workstations — about CritiCall Ops

Why it exists

Spreadsheets buckle at peak load. Legacy dispatch suites want a PhD. Self-hosted patches fail at 2 a.m. mid-shift. Sound familiar?

The gap we saw

Controllers juggling workbooks, shopping-centre radios, and a WhatsApp group called "OPS FINAL" — no single picture, no audit trail, no sync when signal drops.

What we built

One dispatch console, an installable mobile app in the browser for field teams, and resilience when signal drops — common tasks within three clicks, not twelve menus deep.

How we work

Software-first. Modular per tenant. Essentials on screen; detail on demand. Your team runs operations — not servers at 2 a.m.

Operational credibility

Shaped in the field, not a boardroom.

Many years of shift work behind the product — people who've done the job in security, events, the National Health Service, police, fire, ambulance, and private standby medical.

Emergency services

National Health Service dispatch, ambulance, police, and fire — call-taking, resource allocation, and coordination when every second counts.

Security & patrols

Event security, shopping centres, corporate sites, public transport patrols, and mobile guard tours — posts, tours, and keeping controllers and officers on the same page.

Events & venues

Festivals, stadiums, and live events — peak load, patchy signal, and the chaos that spreadsheets were never built for.

Private medical

Event medics, standby cover, and private ambulance — triage, crew assignment, and handover that holds up after the show.

Who it's for

Control rooms and field teams who've had enough of workarounds.

Events

Festivals, stadiums, venues — when peak load hits and the Wi‑Fi doesn't.

Shopping centres

Retail control rooms — shoplifting, detainments, and floor patrols without the shared workbook.

Security

Event and corporate cover — assign officers, track posts, lose the clipboard.

Patrols

Guard tours and checkpoints — dispatch jobs, prove coverage, skip the paper log.

Public transport

Rail, bus, and tram — Travel Safe Officers and station teams on one live ops picture.

Private medical

Event medics and standby — triage, crews, handover that isn't a scribbled note.

What we believe

Principles that guide every screen — and what we leave out on purpose.

Works on poor signal

Field teams queue locally and sync when back online — not software that assumes perfect fibre and a quiet venue.

Audit by default

Who did what, when — each customer's data kept separate, role-based permissions, and a full operational record. Better than reconstructing the shift from memory.

Modular, not bloated

Licensed per tenant. Unlicensed modules stay hidden. No bloated all-in-one business software — essentials first, detail on demand.

Ready to see it on your shift?

Controlled pilot deployments for event operators, shopping centres, transport teams, control rooms, security firms, and charities. All modules included during early access — bring your worst site for signal, we'll cope.