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| Helpful Information
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Heat FAQs
Extreme Heat Tips
Hot Weather Emergencies
Preparing Kane Heat Wave Flyer |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Watch for these
Extreme Heat Alerts |
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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 |
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| During Advisory or
Warning Conditions - follow this advice: |
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| DO |
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Use air
conditioners or spend time in
air-conditioned locations such as malls and
libraries
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Use portable
electric fans to exhaust hot air from rooms
or draw in cooler air
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Take a cool
bath or shower
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Minimize
direct exposure to the sun
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Stay hydrated
– regularly drink water or other
nonalcoholic fluids
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Eat light,
cool, easy-to-digest foods such as fruit or
salads
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Wear loose
fitting, light-colored clothes
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Check on
older, sick, or frail people who may need
help responding to the heat
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Know the
symptoms of excessive heat exposure and the
appropriate responses.
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| DON'T |
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Direct the
flow of portable electric fans toward
yourself when room temperature is hotter
than 90°f
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Leave children
and pets alone in cars for any amount of
time
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Drink alcohol
to try to stay cool
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Eat heavy,
hot, or hard-to-digest foods
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Wear heavy,
dark clothing.
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