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Visalia Cooling Center Opens Wednesday

9.3.24

In response to the National Weather Service forecast of hot weather, the City of Visalia Transit Center will open as a Cooling Center for the community’s use startingWednesday, September 4 through Friday, September 6, 2024.

With ample seating, vending machines and restrooms, the Cooling Center will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Most bus routes lead to the Transit Center, providing convenient transportation. For transit route information please call 1-877-404-6473.


Heat Safety Tips

The Visalia Fire Department provides the following tips to help cope with the coming heat:

• Avoid prolonged exposure to the sun and, when possible, stay in the shade or an air-conditioned room.
• Wear loose-fitting, light-colored clothes.
• Drink plenty of non-alcoholic fluids.
• Never leave children or pets in a vehicle, even for short periods of time. Temperatures inside vehicles can climb rapidly to life-threatening levels, even with the windows partially open.
• Periodically check on children and the elderly.
• Remember that animals are affected by the heat. Make sure pets and farm animals have plenty of water and access to shade.