Clovis Unified, first responders prepare as high heat pushes high school football start times

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clovis Unified worked to guarantee the lone vigor shot players faced connected the tract Thursday nighttime was the competition, not scorching temperatures.

Junior Varsity shot games were moved up from Friday to Thursday nighttime oregon pushed aboriginal successful the evening to support students from precocious heat.

"We each cognize that not lone successful the evening, there's greater shadiness opportunities, the temperatures commencement to driblet down," said Kelly Avants, Clovis Unified School District. "It inactive mightiness beryllium hot, but its not to the grade that causes those issues that would if it were successful the mediate of the time oregon earlier successful the day."

This is the 2nd play the California Interscholastic Federation is utilizing caller guidelines to marque changes to crippled times erstwhile it comes to vigor oregon aerial quality.

The schools usage a peculiar thermometer called a Wet Bulb Globe Thermometer.

It tracks temperature, upwind speed, humidity, prima space and adjacent unreality cover.

Schools look astatine the speechmaking and guidelines and past marque the determination to propulsion games backmost to cooler times oregon wholly reschedule.

American Ambulance tin beryllium seen connected the sidelines of games crossed the vale arsenic it works alongside the schoolhouse districts.

They promote anyone astatine games to question retired the standby crews oregon telephone 911 for help.

If anyone knows heat, it's the occurrence section and Fresno Fire besides stays astatine the acceptable to respond if necessary, but they bash promote radical to instrumentality steps to debar needing help.

"Stay hydrated, portion plentifulness of water. Try to enactment distant from caffeinated drinks oregon thing else," said Josh Sellers, Fresno Fire Department. "If you person to beryllium outside, effort to deterioration loose, airy colored clothing, and minimize the clip you're retired successful the sun."

Sellers said we besides request to support a adjacent oculus connected much susceptible radical successful the community, similar kids and elders, oregon anyone other who whitethorn beryllium much astatine hazard successful the heat.

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