If severe weather hits and results in major power outages, you may see a new piece of equipment come to town in the aftermath. 

Ameren has added two specially designed Mobile Command Center trailers to its fleet to coordinate crews and materials. They will be used to complement the company's emergency preparedness fleet of equipment, which includes storm material trailers and mobile substations. Ameren Illinois spokesman Brian Bretsch says these new units include drones.

The 24-foot-by-8-foot trailers can be pulled behind an Ameren utility truck and are climate controlled and equipped with high-speed internet access, computer workstations, a generator, technology for viewing real-time drone footage of storm damage and an awning to provide outside cover.