Heat Illnesses and First Aid
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Read about what to do if someone is experiencing heat illness symptoms.
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Vermont Heat Vulnerability Index Maps
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The Index draws together 17 different measures of vulnerability in six different themes: population, socioeconomic, health, environmental, climate, and heat illness. These measures are combined to measure the overall vulnerability of Vermont towns to heat-related events.
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Extreme Heat and Health
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Learn more from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention about how to stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay informed.
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Climate Change and Heat Impacts on Health
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This fact sheet from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention talks about actions we can take to prepare for climate change and extreme heat events.
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National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) Toolkit
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The NIHHIS is an integrated system and an interagency partnership with the goal to reduce morbidity and mortality due to extreme heat.
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Heat Impacts on Health in Vermont
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This document details the association of summer temperatures with heat-related illness and mortality in Vermont.
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Heat Vulnerability in Vermont
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This report provides a description of and rationale for the methods used to produce the Vermont Heat Vulnerability Index.
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Vermont Heat Vulnerability Index
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This is a two-page summary description of the Vermont Heat Vulnerability Index.
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Heat Safety Tips
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This fact sheet has steps you can take to keep yourself and your friends and family safe from heat.
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Climate Change and Hot Weather
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This fact sheet describes the impacts climate change will have on the number of hot days in Vermont, what health impacts heat has on Vermonters, and adaptation strategies for individuals, communities, businesses, and other organizations.
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Illness and Death Due to Hot and Cold Weather
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A data brief that illustrates the burden of heat-related versus cold-related illness and death in general, as well as in terms of whether or not the illness or death occurred at home.
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Explore Vermont Heat Data
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Data dashboard with heat and health data, near-real time heat data and historic trend data
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