{"id":102724,"date":"2025-06-23T09:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=102724"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:18:48","slug":"tips-to-stay-safe-as-heatwave-hits-niagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/06\/tips-to-stay-safe-as-heatwave-hits-niagara\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to stay safe as heatwave hits Niagara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock\u2019s Health, Safety and Wellness team is reminding the University community to stay safe as temperatures rise in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Heat stress can happen when hot, humid conditions and physical activity overcome the body\u2019s natural cooling system. Heat-related illnesses can quickly escalate from heat exhaustion to heat stroke or even death.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafebc.com\/en\/health-safety\/hazards-exposures\/heat-stress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signs and symptoms of heat-related illness<\/a>\u00a0so action can be taken if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>While elderly individuals and children are typically most susceptible to heat stress, everyone should take precautionary interventions during waves of hot and humid weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beat the heat with these preventative measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Keep drapes and shades drawn to avoid radiant light from entering the room.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Turn off lights, computers and other equipment when practical and safe to do so.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wear loose-fitting and light clothing.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Limit the amount of time spent in direct sun exposure.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Acclimatize and adjust your pace to the work environment.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Be aware: Do not overexert yourself.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Drink enough liquids before, during\u00a0and after\u00a0tasks to support your level of activity.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Drink 250 millilitres of water or electrolytes every 20 minutes when sweating or activity levels are high.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Take a break to cool down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:besafe@brocku.ca\">besafe@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock\u2019s Health, Safety and Wellness team is reminding the University community to stay safe as temperatures rise in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,3319,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102728,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102724\/revisions\/102728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}