# Fusion Center **Entity class:** State or major-urban-area information-sharing center ## Definition A **fusion center** is a state-owned and operated or major-urban-area center that gathers, analyzes, and shares threat, public-safety, and homeland-security information among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private-sector, and other partners. ## Relationships - **national ecosystem:** [[wiki/National Network of Fusion Centers|National Network of Fusion Centers]]. - **common partners:** DHS, [[wiki/Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], National Guard, emergency management, and law enforcement. - **related but distinct:** [[wiki/Joint Terrorism Task Force|JTTF]] and [[wiki/El Paso Intelligence Center|EPIC]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [DHS — National Network of Fusion Centers](https://www.dhs.gov/national-network-fusion-centers-fact-sheet)