Dallas officials detail winter response: shelters open, many services suspended

City of Dallas officials on Monday summarized the city’s response to a winter weather event, saying life-safety operations remain the priority and that warming and sheltering services are actively assisting hundreds of residents.

Kevin Oden, director of the city’s emergency management and crisis response department, said impacts were ‘‘tracking as expected’’ and the city remained ‘‘fully in response mode.’’ He told reporters that crisis intervention teams had conducted outreach to more than 430 vulnerable residents and that ‘‘Dallas Fire Rescue and Dallas street response teams have transported more than a 130 individuals into shelter and warming operations during this event.’’

The Fair Park inclement weather shelter, managed in coordination with Austin Street Center, has seen ‘‘over 1,000 individuals’’ come through, said Daniel Roby of Austin Street…