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Emergency management: March ice storm prompted 2,600 dispatch calls and peak outages of 24,325 customers
Summary
Roscommon County Emergency Management Director Vanessa Varner told commissioners the March ice storm prompted a local State of Emergency on March 16; dispatch received 2,600 calls and peak outages affected 24,325 customers. Varner credited response partners and described coordination steps.
Roscommon County Emergency Management Director Vanessa Varner briefed the Board March 25 on the March ice storm response, describing the forecast and response timeline and thanking partner agencies for their work.
Varner said the National Weather Service began forecasting the storm on March 13 and added Roscommon as a projected target on March 15, hours before the storm struck. She said the county’s local State of Emergency took effect March 16 at 7:15 a.m., and the Governor’s declaration followed March 17 and is valid for 30 days. "Roscommon Central Dispatch received 2,600 calls, and peak power outage was 24,325 customers," Varner said, and she reviewed agencies involved and key response efforts while thanking responders.
Varner’s report and the board’s comments emphasized community coordination: several supervisors and commissioners described local volunteer and township responses during the storm. The board did not take formal policy action in this item but discussed possible grant opportunities, mutual aid and follow‑up assessments to guide winter storm preparedness and hazardous‑tree mitigation.
