IBM Intelligent Emergency Operations (IBM-IOC) is a solution which integrates, correlates and analyzes operational information to create a dynamic, geospatial, common operating picture and analytic-based insights that speed decision making and time-to-action in small and large scale disaster and emergency situations. The IBM IOC is providing a platform for analysis of big data for emergency planning and response. This presentation introduces participants to some of the key components of IBM-IOC for emergency management and how this platform is used at York University’s Advanced Disaster, emergency and Rapid Response Simulation.