The City of Dallas held a press conference this morning giving updates on the winter weather situation. FirstAlertDFW
Officials said that currently, their biggest challenge was getting sand trucks onto priority routes where there’s critical infrastructure and where emergency vehicles may need to travel.Accidents have also been a significant issue too. “The roads are terrible. It’s like an ice rink,” said one official. 162 accidents were reported in Dallas yesterday; 108 accidents so far today.
City is seeing three times as many fires as usual . At one point, Dallas Fire-Rescue got down to just two battalions – a threshold where even chiefs step in to respond to fires. Thankfully, this only lasted five minutes. Over 800 people are staying at the Fair Park shelter. All shelters across the city are capacity and took more people in than they normally could.Dallas Police and Fire-Rescue are assisting the city’s people experiencing homelessness as part of a new effort. Two non-emergency ambulances are being used to transport them to shelters, and the city is urging people to call 911 if they see someone experiencing homelessness outside. 35 people have been transported so far.
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