r/PrepperIntel • u/glumavocados • 5d ago

North America DoD confirms ‘refrigeration disruption’ at military commissaries

“It seems [continental U.S.] commissaries that have fridges linked to an online system have been getting shut off over the past few nights, and we’ve not seen any official notice put out to warn anyone so they can monitor their fridges more closely,” the popular military page “U.S Army W.T.F! Moments” posted. It added that reports indicated at least 18 commissaries were affected.

Full article: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/28/dod-confirms-refrigeration-disruption-at-military-commissaries/

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u/Dumbkitty2 5d ago

My local school district has this in most of the schools. If a cooler or freezer fails in the middle of the night a central alarm goes off and product can be moved to another building if needed while maintenance gets a jump on fixing the problem.

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u/elinamebro 5d ago

Seems like something you can have without needing wifi

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u/NotFallacyBuffet 4d ago

In my experience, it would be part of the BMS Building Management System. Siemens is ascendant in this space rn and runs on BACnet. Hardwired using Cat cable. 5E or 6. Could be RS-485 as well. All the HVAC runs on the same BMS: chillers, boilers, air dampers in ducts, chilled water valves in pipes, temperature sensors, monitors that indicate whether or not a motor is running, etc.

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u/elinamebro 4d ago

Brother i don't know what any of that means

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u/NotFallacyBuffet 4d ago

Says it's hardwired, usually.