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Fort Worth emergency teams report shelters, rescues during Winter Storm Fern
Summary
City emergency-management director Sonny Saxton told council Fort Worth’s Joint Emergency Operations Center remained active during Winter Storm Fern, reporting more than 1,200 people sheltered, dozens of vehicle incidents and thousands of emergency and service calls while staff urged caution around plows and ongoing field operations.
Sonny Saxton, Fort Worth’s director of emergency management and communications, told the city council the Joint Emergency Operations Center remained active and city crews were still responding to Winter Storm Fern even as temperatures warmed.
Saxton said the JEOC has operated on 12-hour shifts since last Friday and that planning began more than a year ago. “We just wanna give you a quick update on the winter storm, Fern,” he said, adding that teams had been organizing work around “community…
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