First responders conduct 'hot car challenge' to demonstrate how quickly vehicles heat up

Saturday, June 2, 2018
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- First responders with the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department and the Harris County Sheriff's Office spent the morning demonstrating how quickly vehicles heat up in these record temperatures.

Four first responders went into a vehicle with no air conditioning.
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After 27 minutes, the fire chief stopped the demo for safety purposes.

The dashboard read 147 degrees, and the temperature was well over 130 inside.

"I think I was actually not fully aware of everything," said Cy-Fair paramedic Elizabeth Skipper. "I kept saying, 'yeah, I'm okay,' but I don't think I was realizing that I have a headache. I was just so focused on 'I'm sweating and it's hot.'"
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"It was very awful. The air was just compressed," explained Jacqueline Fortune with HCSO.

They recommend always leaving something like a cell phone or wallet in the back of the vehicle with your child as a reminder.
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