Dallas Fire-Rescue Response to October 20th Storms.....

Contact: Jason L. Evans, PIO

               (214) 670-7949

                 Jason.evans@dallascityhall.com

 

DFR Response to October 20^th Storms

 

Dallas: Dallas Fire-Rescue along with other departments in the City of Dallas are in the process of assessing damage from the radar-confirmed tornado that struck Northwest Dallas, on Sunday, October 20^th, at approximately 9:00 p.m.

 

Initial responses included everything from power lines down, to fallen trees to people being injured inside of their homes by broken glass. Most of the damage is limited to the area bordered, from North to South, by Royal Lane to Northwest Highway; and East to West, by Interstate 75 and Harry Hines Boulevard. As it currently stands, there have been no reports of any fatalities or serious injuries, and only three people have been taken to local hospitals for evaluation of non-life-threatening injuries.

 

Search teams worked, for approximately 6 hours, conducting primary assessments on all the structures they could access. Unfortunately search efforts were hampered by limited access and lack of proper lighting. A second set of teams will resume search efforts when daylight provides the needed visibility.

 

Among the many structures which sustained damage from the storm, DFR fire station 41 was left uninhabitable after the roof, and other parts of the structure, was mostly removed by the high winds. Despite the amount of damage however, none of the firefighters inside were injured.