Cooling centers open throughout Maricopa County
FOX 10 Phoenix
[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '3.919', 'text': 'Back. Cooling centers around the valley'}, {'start': '1.920', 'end': '6.640', 'text': 'are now open just in time for the summer'}, {'start': '3.919', 'end': '9.160', 'text': 'months. More than 200 locations will be'}, {'start': '6.640', 'end': '12.320', 'text': 'open across the valley from now through'}, {'start': '9.160', 'end': '15.720', 'text': "September. Fox 10's Kenzie Beach is live"}, {'start': '12.320', 'end': '18.000', 'text': 'now with more information.'}, {'start': '15.720', 'end': '19.840', 'text': "Kenzie. Yeah, Mark and Ellen. We're here"}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '22.160', 'text': 'in Poria at one of the many cooling'}, {'start': '19.840', 'end': '24.000', 'text': 'centers that is now open across the'}, {'start': '22.160', 'end': '26.560', 'text': 'valley. But this really is an entire'}, {'start': '24.000', 'end': '28.240', 'text': 'Maricopa countywide effort to reduce the'}, {'start': '26.560', 'end': '29.920', 'text': 'number of heat related illnesses and'}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'deaths in the summer months. So,'}, {'start': '29.920', 'end': '35.920', 'text': 'starting today and through September,'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '37.600', 'text': 'more than 200 locations are now open.'}, {'start': '35.920', 'end': '40.239', 'text': "It's life or death, especially when the"}, {'start': '37.600', 'end': '42.399', 'text': 'heat gets, you know, 100 plus degrees.'}, {'start': '40.239', 'end': '45.200', 'text': 'Cold water, air conditioning, and a'}, {'start': '42.399', 'end': '47.200', 'text': 'place to sit down and cool off. Over 200'}, {'start': '45.200', 'end': '49.520', 'text': 'cooling centers across the valley are'}, {'start': '47.200', 'end': '51.920', 'text': "now open. We'll also have heat relief"}, {'start': '49.520', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'kits, too, and sometimes bags with like,'}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '55.600', 'text': 'you know, uh, hats and cooling towels'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '57.120', 'text': 'and things like that. Heading into the'}, {'start': '55.600', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'summer months, the Maricopa County'}, {'start': '57.120', 'end': '61.520', 'text': 'Department of Public Health urges'}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '64.159', 'text': 'everyone to have a plan in place. We ask'}, {'start': '61.520', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'everyone to come up with a plan for the'}, {'start': '64.159', 'end': '67.680', 'text': 'heat season. No matter who you are, you'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '69.119', 'text': 'could suddenly find yourself in need of'}, {'start': '67.680', 'end': '70.880', 'text': 'a cool space to go. Your air'}, {'start': '69.119', 'end': '72.560', 'text': 'conditioning goes out or whatever may'}, {'start': '70.880', 'end': '74.240', 'text': 'happen. Knowing where the nearest'}, {'start': '72.560', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'cooling center is is an important part'}, {'start': '74.240', 'end': '78.560', 'text': 'of that. The new heat relief network'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '80.880', 'text': 'ties each Valley city to one online'}, {'start': '78.560', 'end': '82.880', 'text': 'platform with an interactive map showing'}, {'start': '80.880', 'end': '84.080', 'text': "each cooling center. Everyone's welcome"}, {'start': '82.880', 'end': '85.840', 'text': "because, you know, everybody's"}, {'start': '84.080', 'end': '88.479', 'text': 'susceptible to the heat. And a new'}, {'start': '85.840', 'end': '90.400', 'text': 'partnership with 211 creates more'}, {'start': '88.479', 'end': '92.720', 'text': 'access. Finding the nearest cooling'}, {'start': '90.400', 'end': '95.520', 'text': 'center, transportation help, utility'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '97.840', 'text': 'support, or emergency AC repairs is now'}, {'start': '95.520', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'just a phone call away. The good news is'}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'once we do reach capacity, um we have'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '104.320', 'text': 'that network throughout Maricopa County'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '107.560', 'text': 'and we can make sure people have an area'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '107.560', 'text': 'to go.'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '112.799', 'text': 'Now, the heat relief network has uh'}, {'start': '110.560', 'end': '114.720', 'text': 'implemented new agreements with cities'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '116.479', 'text': "and nonprofit organizations. It's all"}, {'start': '114.720', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'about increasing more access. So,'}, {'start': '116.479', 'end': '120.719', 'text': 'cooling centers like this one now have'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '122.560', 'text': 'longer hours and are open more days. The'}, {'start': '120.719', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'goal here as we head into these uh'}, {'start': '122.560', 'end': '126.159', 'text': 'hotter months in the summer months is to'}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'reduce the number of heat related'}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '132.640', 'text': 'illnesses and deaths. Reporting live in'}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '132.640', 'text': 'Poria, Kenzie Beach, Fox 10 News.'}]