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Excessive Heat Events Guidebook

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has produced the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook with assistance from Federal, state and local and academic partners. Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States.

Designed to help community officials, emergency managers, meteorologists, and other plan for and respond to excess heat events, the guidebook highlights best practices that have been employed to save lives during excessive heat events in different urban areas and provides a menu of options that officials can use to respond to these events in their communities.

The guidebook was developed with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Municipal officials in both the US and Canada provided useful information that can be used to help the public cope with excessive heat.

As a quick reference resource, the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook in Brief, offers summary information and useful tips that can be used when preparing for and responding to excessive heat.

Download the guidebook and summary at: http://epa.gov/heatisland/about/heatguidebook.html

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