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Putnam County dodges severe weather

While other parts of Indiana were ravaged Friday night by tornadoes, strong winds and severe weather, Putnam County dodged the worst of it, according to local officials. 

 

Rob Frank, assistant chief of the Greencastle Fire Department, said his department was called out to one tree in the roadway, which was cut. 

 

Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief John McPherson said his area was "pretty fortunate." 

 

"We made two calls for trees down and another for powerlines down. Everything was south of I-70. We had a tree fall on 40 (Saturday) morning. It is a mess in Spencer and Sullivan. It could have been a lot worse," McPherson said. 

 

Frank confirmed that members of his department are headed to Sullivan County with the Mobile Command Center. 

Lt. Brandon Watson and Engineer Paul Hinton will be traveling to Sullivan County, Frank said. 

 

"We are always happy to help out. We received a call from Dave Costin, who is the Putnam County EMA Director, telling us that Sullivan County had requested our Mobile Command Vehicle. It provides a place for an incident command team to plan and run operations. It has phones, internet, televisions, printers and cameras in it. Anything the team would need for planning, and it can also be used as a mobile dispatch center. Our guys drive it down and set it up so it's operational and then they support anything the team might need. Dave is there also," Frank said. 

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