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Cakes & MORE ...Simply Delicious!
• Custom Cakes
• Fresh Baked Goods
• Sandwich & Dessert Platters
• Don’t forget our lunches to go!

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911 Checking In with Our First Responders

Cornwall SDG Paramedic Services

By Wayne Markell, Deputy Chief

Heat Emergencies

The inevitable Heat Advisory warnings from Environment Canada will soon be filtering down through
the hot, humid, and hazy days of late spring and summer in Eastern Ontario. Most are familiar with
sunburns and maybe even heat rashes, but do you know how to recognise when you or someone else is nearing
dangerous territory with heat?
Heat exhaustion symptoms include heavy sweating, cold, pale, and
Heat Stroke is a medical emergency. When you
clammy skin, a fast, weak pulse, nausea or vomiting, muscle cramps,
notice the symptoms below, call 911. Move the
pe rson to a cooler place. Lower their temperature with cool tiredness or weakness, dizziness, headache, and fainting.
If heat exhaustion symptoms last longer than an hour, if symptoms
cloths or a cool bath. Don’t give them anything to drink.
Heat stroke symptoms include: worsen, or if vomiting begins, get medical help right away.
• High body temperature Heat Cramps are very uncomfortable and a sign that heat stress is
progressing. Here’s what to look for: heavy sweating during intense
• Hot, red, dry, or damp skin
• Fast, strong pulse exercise accompanied by muscle pain or spasms. For relief from heat
cramps, stop physical activity, move to a cool place, drink water or
• Headache
• Dizziness a sports drink, and make sure to wait for cramps to go away before
• Nausea doing any further physical activity.
Get medical help right away if the cramps last longer than an hour,
• Confusion
• Loss of consciousness. you or the affected person follow a low sodium diet or have heart
problems.
Heat Exhaustion isn’t an emergency, but it is serious. If you or
someone near you is experiencing the symptoms below, move to a On the hottest days of the summer, the City of Cornwall often opens
cool place, loosen clothing, sip water, and take a cool bath or apply a cooling centre for residents to escape the heat. Follow the City on
Facebook for regular updates.
wet cloths to the body.

Cornwall Fire Services

with Chief Jeff Weber

It’s barbecue season! Before you fire up the grill, make sure you’re operating your barbecue safely – and cleaning it
properly.
Always follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the safe maintenance and use of your barbecue.
At the start of barbecue season, clean it! Make sure the burner ports and orifices are free of rust, dirt, dust, and cobwebs.
Check cylinder connections and hoses for leaks by brushing a 50/50 mix of liquid soap and water onto all connections
and hoses. If rising bubbles appear when you turn on the valve, you have a leak. Tighten connections or repair the hose
until there are no longer any bubbles.
Move your barbecue far enough away from your house while it is in operation. This ensures that if your barbecue does catch on fire that it
remains a barbecue fire, not a house fire.
When you light the grill, leave it open.
When you’re transporting a propane cylinder, place it in a secure, upright position with the safety valve on top. It’s best to transport it on
the floor of the passenger compartment. Make sure the vehicle windows are open.
Never use or store a propane barbecue indoors or in any enclosed space, including a garage.
Never leave the barbecue unattended when in use. Make sure grease does not build up on the burners or at the base of a barbecue. This could
cause a grease fire. Never throw water on a grease fire – this will only spread the flame.
From the whole team at Cornwall Fire Services, we wish you a fun, safe summer.