Parks open until midnight, refreshed rooms open to the public, vulnerable people contacted by telephone: the town hall of Paris announced on Monday July 18 measures in force during the heat wave alert, while temperatures are expected to approach 40°C on Tuesday in the capital.
Monceau, Montsouris, Georges-Brassens, André-Citroën, Buttes-Chaumont: most of the city’s closed parks will remain open until midnight thanks to a “specific monitoring device“, indicates the town hall in a press release.
Foggers, fountains and sprinklers deployed
Three schoolyards will be open to the public in the evenings on Monday and Tuesday, as well as “refreshed rooms“In the afternoon in district town halls, even in the clubs of the city’s social action centers (Casvp), and accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad), still indicates the town hall. The approximately 10,000 vulnerable people listed on the file “SLRwill be contacted by telephone to assess their state of health, says the town hall, which is mobilizing its doctors and volunteer doctors for the occasion.
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The City announces to reinforce its maraudes, whose teams will distribute 5000 gourdes, and to extend the hours of its day reception to offer refreshed spaces to people on the street. In addition to the 1,200 fountains that the capital already has, around fifty misters and 35 prototype fountains offering drinking and sprinkling have been deployed. These are temporarily connected to the fire hydrants.
In addition to around thirty public swimming pools, six ephemeral pools are open as part of Paris Plages, under the threat, however, of the strike notice launched by the agents for the whole summer. Residential parking is free on Monday due to the air pollution episode associated with this heat wave. This heat wave plan of the City is linked to the orange vigilance triggered by Météo France for Paris as for 50 other departments. Fifteen were placed on red alert.
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In addition, the Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP) affirm in a press release that they have “taken the necessary steps to ensure the continuity of the public hospital service (…) during this heat episode“. Its teamsorganize themselves to accommodate a possible influx of patients who are victims of the heat wave” and for “lower the temperature in (the) premisesthrough various means, but the institution warns that “if necessary, the postponement of non-urgent activities can be considered“.
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