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Parks, fire and heat-response teams install locked ice machines at busy trailheads to aid rescues
Summary
City parks and Phoenix Fire Department officials said locked ice machines have been installed at two popular trailheads to support heat-relief outreach and rapid prehospital cooling for heat-stroke patients.
City parks staff and Phoenix Fire Department officials told the Parks and Recreation Board that locked ice machines were installed at two of the city’s busiest trailheads to support outreach and rapid-cooling treatments for hikers with heat-related illness.
Deputy Parks and Recreation Director Jared Rogers said the units — installed at Piestewa Peak and Echo Canyon trailheads — were first made available on June 6 and were funded and sited through a cross-department partnership that includes the Office of Heat Response and Mitigation, Parks and Recreation, the Phoenix Fire Department and Community…
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