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=== Severe Hot Weather Planning === | === Severe Hot Weather Planning === | ||
Learning Objective: | |||
Team members will prepare for the impacts of extreme heat by ensuring household readiness, identifying vulnerable populations in their neighborhood, and exploring ways the team can support the community during dangerous heat events. | |||
Facilitation Guide: | |||
Open by reminding the team that extreme heat is one of the most deadly weather hazards in the Pacific Northwest. Prolonged heat waves strain power systems, overwhelm cooling shelters, and disproportionately affect seniors, unhoused people, and those with medical conditions. NETs can play an important role by being prepared themselves and connecting neighbors to resources. | |||
Facilitation steps: | |||
Personal Readiness: Invite members to share how they keep cool during heat waves. Prompt with: Do you have fans, AC, or other cooling equipment? How do you stay hydrated? Do you have backup power if the grid goes down? Encourage members to check that their households can stay safe in high temperatures for several days. | |||
Neighborhood Risks: Discuss local vulnerabilities. Does your neighborhood have large populations of seniors, outdoor workers, or unhoused residents? Are there areas with limited tree canopy, lots of asphalt, or “heat islands”? Have there been past power outages during heat events? | |||
Community Resources: Identify resources in or near your neighborhood, such as cooling centers, libraries, community centers, or shaded parks. Brainstorm which partners (faith groups, nonprofits, businesses) might help distribute water, set up misting stations, or host cooling spaces. | |||
NET Role: Guide a discussion about how the team could respond. Possible roles include: | |||
Sharing official alerts and cooling center information. | |||
Distributing water, fans, or information to vulnerable neighbors. | |||
Supporting city or county efforts if community cooling centers are activated. | |||
Conducting “neighbor checks” during peak heat hours, especially for elderly or isolated residents. | |||
Action Planning: Agree on one or two concrete steps for before the next summer. This might be updating neighborhood contact trees with “cool weather buddies,” mapping local cooling resources, or organizing a fan/AC donation drive with a partner organization. | |||
Debrief Questions: | |||
How prepared do we feel to keep ourselves and our families safe during a heat wave? | |||
Who in our neighborhood would be most at risk during prolonged high temperatures? | |||
What resources exist nearby, and how can we help neighbors access them? | |||
What is one action we can take as a team before the next summer heat season? | |||
=== Sanitation Planning === | === Sanitation Planning === | ||
