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California to Establish Heat Warning System

The risks are increasing.

With the advent of heat emergencies, the California Legislature has responded: “California set to be first state with extreme heat warning system under bills signed by Newsom.”

California leads the way in many things. Having a heat emergency system will be one of them — coming in 2025.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.