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6 - Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Thirty Years of Lessons Learned from the Kansas City, Missouri, Extreme Heat Program

from Part I - Case Studies from North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2013

Sarah Boulter
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Jean Palutikof
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
David John Karoly
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Daniela Guitart
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
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Print publication year: 2013

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1 In the 1980s, the hotline was staffed by health department employees during EHEs. Hotline staff listen to the caller's needs/requests and then either provide additional information or help coordinate the services required to address health issues (e.g. home health check by medical personnel).

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