Extreme Heat Takes its Toll on OK Firefighters

Nearly two dozen states are experiencing sweltering temperatures, many over the 100-degree mark, creating serious danger for firefighters and other outside workers. A story from Oklahoma serves as a reminder about operating in such temperatures:

If we think we have it bad in this heat, firefighters have it even worse.

Because of the heat, they're working in ten minute rotations at fire scene. They told News On 6 after the threat is over, that's when they really feel the heat.

"When it's over and done, you do feel the heat and realize you've been fighting the fire in 90 plus degree weather, high humidity's and with all the gear that we wear, you're keeping all of that heat in,"Tim Smallwood, with the Tulsa Fire Department, said.

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