Heat adds to the “operational tempo” that emergency management organizations are facing. More activations for longer periods of time.
People and systems will be stressed by this heat. Here is some information from the Washington Post. Remember, once the heat levels lower, the emergency is not over. Additional deaths can happen even as temps are lower.
“Multiple days of extreme heat, including warm nights that don’t allow our bodies to cool down, are especially dangerous. A Washington Post analysis of data provided by the nonprofit First Street Foundation estimated that the average number of Americans experiencing at least three consecutive days of temperatures 100 degrees or higher each year will climb from 46 percent today to 63 percent over the next 30 years.”
