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Mobile command centers provide on-site emergency service

By , Daily Memphian; , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: April 06, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: April 06, 2025 4:00 AM CT

Shelby County’s largest three suburbs have their own mobile operations centers, a resource that provides resiliency and redundancy for the departments.

While functions on the truck can be done in an office, the vehicles allow the suburbs to perform operations on the scenes of emergencies or be a presence at large events.

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Collierville Bartlett Germantown mobile Command Center Collierville Police Department Germantown Fire Department Bartlett Police Department Dale Lane Eric Grizzard Subscriber Only

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Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.

Michael Waddell

Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.


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