Intervention Actions Taken byPhiladelphia Department of Public Health When Health Warning is Issued

• Media announcement

• Promotion of the “buddy system”

• Activation of the “heatline”

• Home visits

• Nursing and personal care boarding home intervention

• Halt of utility service suspensions

• Increased emergency medical service staffing

• Daytime outreach to the homeless

• Air conditioned service facility capability

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