let me introduce to you fire chief gary burton. >> my name is gary burton and fire chief of the city of moore. i want to thank all the fire departments and all the emergency services that came in to help us in this city. we are greatly appreciative of all your help. at this time we do not need any more to respond. we will contact if we do. we do appreciate the help so far but we have plenty of help so far. i wanted to thank the red cross, salvation army and i wanted to thank the citizens for being so understanding with us. >> shep: pardon the interruption. this has been a news conference and received news from the stated medical examiner's office. death toll has risen to 51. 51 people now confirmed dead in the tornado in moore, oklahoma. >> i wanted to reiterate that our prayers are with us in moore and objected city and everywhere. as far as the police and firemen are concerned we had the perimeter set up around the affected areas. we would ask that people that take that area as quickly as possible before night fall if possible. there are a lot of safety issues gas lines, power line