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Definition of incident room in English:
A centre set up by the police to coordinate operations connected with a particular crime, accident, or other incident.
- The incident room at Richmond Police Station has 30 detectives and other officers working full-time on the case.
- A team of 40 officers are working from an incident room at Mexborough police station.
- Police set up an incident room at Ecclesfield police station as soon as they were alerted to the abduction.
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