ComEd takes storm center on the road with mobile unit
BY MITCH DUDEK Staff Reporter mdudek@suntimes.com February 13, 2012 1:32PM
ComEd's new 53 foot by 22 foot mobile command center with the latest communications technology which was deployed to enhance it's storm response process was on display in the Oak Park Village Hall parking lot on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. L-r are: Shane Cole (Emergent Work Manager at ComEd) and Rick Falaschetti (Senior Emergency Preparedness Administrator). | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
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Updated: March 14, 2012 8:10AM
ComEd on Sunday unveiled its state-of-the-art Mobile Command Center designed to better deal with the aftermath of severe storms — like the ones that knocked out power to a record 3 million customers between June and August of last year.
The command center is housed inside a trailer that will be towed into hard-hit areas and allow ComEd officials to better coordinate with its workers, local authorities and customers throughout Northern Illinois.
Previously, the emergency command center was run out of a ComEd facility in Joliet.
The $1 million trailer is satellite-equipped and outfitted with seven flat-screen monitors that spit out real-time information. It seats 30 people and has its own kitchenette.
ComEd officials touted the new trailer in the parking lot of the Oak Park Police station Sunday — and announced an iPhone application connecting customers with outage information should be available this summer.
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