The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for our listening area from noon today through Saturday, due to dangerously high outdoor temperatures.

With that in mind, Greene County Public Health Department wants to remind everyone that temperatures can be even hotter inside a vehicle. Public Health Director Becky Wolf says use common sense when it gets to be really hot outside to cool down your vehicle before putting children inside.

“Maybe you go out and your start your car a little bit sooner before you go out and take your children out, so you can start the air-conditioner and get it a little bit cooler because remember, it’s going to be warmer back in the back of the car, then it will be in the front of the car. Especially if you have children that are little enough that you have to turn the seats backwards for the reverse facing.”

She points out that while our schedules and routines change all the time, she suggests doing something to remind yourself that you have your child with you in the car to remember to take them out when you leave the vehicle. Making yourself a reminder will help to prevent heat-related deaths to children.