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Free School Heat Safety Program

Free School Heat Safety Program

National Stay Cool Day (NSCD) gives every high school, middle school and youth program a free heat safety program it can adopt today. Coaches and athletic directors can set it up in one afternoon.

The rule behind every tool: cool first, transport second. Call 911 right away, while cooling starts.

What the program includes

  1. Emergency Action Plan Builder: build a written heat emergency plan for each venue, with names for who calls 911, who cools and who meets the ambulance. Prints and saves.
  2. Heat Rules Card: a one-page card for the sideline with heat levels, stop signals and the cooling steps.
  3. 14-Day Acclimatization Schedule: a day-by-day plan to bring athletes into hot-weather practice safely.

Set it up in four steps

  1. Build your emergency action plan for every practice and game venue.
  2. Print the Heat Rules Card for every sideline and bench.
  3. Run the 14-day acclimatization schedule at the start of each season.
  4. Practice the cooling drill with your staff before the first hot practice.

More downloads: school heat resources and free heat safety tools for schools.

Start with your free plan

At least 175 documented exertional heat stroke deaths are on our memorial wall. Exertional heat stroke is 100% survivable when the athlete is cooled fast, on site.

For education and preparedness only. Not a substitute for professional medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.