ILLINOIS (WBC/DANA COMM.) — A tornado in the Chicago suburb of Naperville last week led to the deployment of the Ameren Illinois Midwest Mutual Assistance Network. Mobile crews of Ameren lineman from across the state were deployed to help with downed power lines, power poles and to restore electricity across the affected areas.
Riley Adams from Ameren says the program takes crews from across the state and even across the Midwest to restore safe electricity to affected areas as quickly as possible.
Adams says that the Midwest Mutual Assistance Network is an urgently important network. When major disasters happen, the network brings in help not just from around the area of the disaster but from surrounding midwestern states, if needed for a major disaster.
You can hear the full interview with Adams this Sunday on the Southern Illinois Insider starting at 11am on WMIX AM940/94.1 & 96.5FM.