With the weather heating up it’s a good time to review our heat and air quality policies. Looking through the handbooks we discovered that the policy is not listed in all of the handbooks. We are working to remedy that, but as a reminder here is our current heat and air quality guidelines:
● If the Heat Index reaches 103 degrees or higher locally, ALL outdoor martial activities are to immediately cease until such time that as the heat index has been below the cutoff for an hour.
o https://www.osha.gov/heat/heat-app
● For air quality, when the local AQI (PM 2.5) is over 200 outdoor martial activities are to be canceled. At lower levels participants should act with caution and in the interest of their health. As always, Local Marshals may cancel official activities based on their reading of the environment.
o Additional information can be found at: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/