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Heat and the playground: How hot can the equipment get?
When kids are out playing in the sun, Longview Fire Marshal Kevin May says staying hydrated and avoiding burns is the last thing on their minds. Author: Shandel Menezes Updated: 10:10 PM CDT July 23, 2021
LONGVIEW, Texas Temperatures will be dancing with the triple digits this weekend which raises concern for heat related injuries. This is why it s crucial for parents to protect their kids while playing outside. The children, they re not going to do it themselves if we don t, as parents, make them, said Longview Fire Marshal Kevin May.
The National Program for Playground Safety reports playground equipment has recorded temperatures of up to 189 degrees. This can burn a child’s skin in less than three seconds. The most common places on a playground for a child to be burned? A slide or surfaces like turf.
Longview firefighters relocate to Jasper as backup for water rescue
Longview firefighters deployed to Jasper for water rescues By Jamey Boyum | May 19, 2021 at 3:20 PM CDT - Updated May 20 at 3:29 AM
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Several Longview firefighters have been deployed to Jasper in case water rescues are needed during flooding in south Texas.
The responders are part of Texas Task Force 1, a state-organized rescue team ready for deployment on short notice. The crew left Tuesday and will stage in Jasper ready for deployment anywhere they are needed.
âThat area has had so much rain and flooding already that when they started predicting these new rainstorms coming in, that they were looking for the potential for some more flooding and they wanted to go ahead and get those people in place for the resources and the rescues that they knew would happen,â said Longview Fire Marshall Kevin May.