With and much of Puget Sound, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has compiled the following list of tips and resources to help our communities safely cope with the heat:
- Children should never be left unattended in a vehicle.
- Check on your elderly and ill neighbors.
- When children are playing in and around water, they should always be accompanied by an adult, even if they know how to swim or are wearing a life jacket.
- Beautiful but Deadly: Water Safety and Awareness (Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office)
- Water Safety and Drowning Prevention (Children’s Hospital)
- Map of Life Jacket Loaner Locations across Washington State (Google Maps)
- Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
- Hot Weather Tips for Family Caregivers (Family Caregiver Alliance)
- Heat Illness (Kids Health)
- Hot Weather Tips for Pets (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
