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Heat FAQs
Extreme Heat Tips
Hot Weather Emergencies
Preparing Kane Heat Wave Flyer

Keep cool with these tips:

Avoid hot foods and heavy meals—they add heat to your body.

Drink plenty of fluids and replace salts and minerals in your body. Do not take salt tablets unless under medical supervision.

Dress infants and children in cool, loose clothing and shade their heads and faces with hats or an umbrella.

Limit sun exposure during mid-day hours and in places of potential severe exposure such as beaches.

Do not leave infants, children, or pets in a parked car.

Provide plenty of fresh water for your pets, and leave the water in a shady area.

During a heat event -- check on your relatives, neighbors, and loved ones who are elderly or chronically ill to make sure they are managing.

The Kane County Office of Emergency Management, Kane County Health Department, and Kane County Animal Control Department monitor potential extreme heat conditions in the County and will issue one of these three levels of Heat Alerts, as situations arise.

Watch for these Extreme Heat Alerts

Temperature heat index exceeding 95 degrees for more than three hours, with overnight temperatures remaining more than 75 degrees

Temperature heat index exceeding 105 degrees for more than three hours, with overnight temperatures remaining greater than 75 degrees

Temperature heat index exceeding 114 degrees for more than three hours, with overnight temperatures remaining greater than 75 degrees

During Advisory or Warning Conditions - follow this advice:

Use air conditioners or spend time in air-conditioned locations such as malls and libraries
Use portable electric fans to exhaust hot air from rooms or draw in cooler air
Take a cool bath or shower
Minimize direct exposure to the sun
Stay hydrated – regularly drink water or other nonalcoholic fluids
Eat light, cool, easy-to-digest foods such as fruit or salads
Wear loose fitting, light-colored clothes
Check on older, sick, or frail people who may need help responding to the heat
Know the symptoms of excessive heat exposure and the appropriate responses.

DON'T

Direct the flow of portable electric fans toward yourself when room temperature is hotter than 90°f
Leave children and pets alone in cars for any amount of time
Drink alcohol to try to stay cool
Eat heavy, hot, or hard-to-digest foods
Wear heavy, dark clothing.