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Nashville officials detail sheltering, food distribution and generator safety after ice storm
Summary
Director Chief William Swan said shelters are staffed and stable, with partners providing meals and transportation; officials warned about generator safety and urged residents to use 211 and the city's needs tracker for assistance.
City officials described sheltering, food and safety operations during Friday's press briefing as winter storm Fern recovery continued.
Director Chief William Swan of the Office of Emergency Management said shelters at the Madison Community Center, the Fairgrounds, Southeast Community Center and an overflow site at Margaret Allen Middle School were staffed and operating. "A total of 413 personnel of people that we had in the shelters," Swan said, adding that shelter transports numbered about…
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