West Battalion Deputy Fire Coordinator, Brian Schollard, provided a tour of the Genesee County Mobile Communications Command Center on Sunday afternoon in Corfu during the Heart and Soul Community event at Homestead Park.
ESU 2 Mobile Command has been in service for about one year and is usually stationed at Darien Lake during concerts and at emergency situations including hazmat incidents like the one in Bergen in June. ESU 2 comes equipped with a with a camera, command center, mobile dispatch area (can serve as a backup dispatch center) and can be the nerve center at any scene.
Monitoring the current calls for service in Genesee County, road closures and who is on duty at each call.
ESU 2 Mobile Command Unit on location in Bergen during the hazmat incident at Nortera Foods