Heat To Increase In New England – Advisories And Conservation

United States of America – Heat indexes and air qualities have been consistent and increasing this summer. Throughout the country States have had boats and battles with heat. As the summer expands we are seeing increased risk in forecasts. New England is currently seeing increases in demand as well as increases in heat and forecasts.

Companies and workers should plan for increased heat environments and also plan for the possibility of energy constraints or outages.

Institutions are requesting conservation of electricity demands by eliminating or reducing non essential use, demand and electrical grid pulls.

The NOAA has additional resources related to heat and forecasts which can be found here. Additionally, OSHA has assembled great resources and educational items to assist businesses and employees. OSHA has significantly increased penalties and even criminal consequences for people and entities that fail to acknowledge such risks and environments.

Heat Illness Prevention Resources – From OSHA