EMSA issues first medical heat alert of 2021 after responding to 7 heat-related emergency calls Share Updated: 4:24 PM CDT Jun 9, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 4:24 PM CDT Jun 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RAMP UP THIS WK.EE >> SUMMER HEAT IALS MOST HERE AND YOU ARE YOUR BEST LINE OF DEFENSE BY STAYING HYDTERAD. IF YOU GET INTO DANGER, FIRST RESPONDERS WILL GO TO YAN HEIGHTS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAFE. >> IF WE USEHE T EQUIPMENT WE HAD TO GET THIS PRESENT FROM UP HIGH. >> OKLAHOMA CITY'’ BRAND-NEW RESCUE LADDER 14 ALREADY RESPONDED TO A HEAT ILLNESS CALL YESTERYDA WHEN A MAN WORKING ON TOP OF AN RV CALLED FOR HELP. IT’S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT IT DOESN’T TAKE A RECORD HEAT WAVE FOR US TO GET INTO TROUBLE. >> STAYING AHEAD OF THE HYDRATION CURVE. DRINKING WATER MORE FREQUENTLY THAN YOU THINK YOU NEED AND AVOIDING THIRST. IF YOU GET A THIRST YOU’RE , ACTUALLY BEYOND THE LIT.MI >> MAJOR MIKE EMILLIO SAYS HEAT SNEAKS UP ONS. U WEAV HE NOT ACCLIMATED TO THE HEAT YET AND WE TEND TO BELIEVE WE CAN KEEP GOING WNHE WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK AND HYDRATE. >> I’M GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND TH IEN WILL SIT DOWN. I’M GOING TO FINISH MY YARD FOR I GO IN AND GET SOME WATER. I THINK THAT WE DO DECEIVE OURSELVES IN THAT SENSE. >> ALCOHOL AND CARBONATED BEVERAGES MAKE IT WORSE. THE EARLIEST SIGN OF A PROBLEM IS CRAMPING AND AS THINGSET G WORSE, YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE COOL MOIST SKIN. >> A HEADACHE, NAUSEA, VOMITING. SOME DIZZINESS. >> SO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WARNING SIGNS AND THINK ABOUT THIS, HEAT IS FAR MORE DEADLY THAN TORNADOES, THAN FLOODING, THAN HURRICANES, THAN ANY OTHER WEATHER-RELATED DISASTER, BUT YOU CAN AVOID BECOMING A STATISTIC BY TAKING SOME SIMPLE STEP