While the temperature should reach 40 degrees in Paris on Tuesday, the city has just activated its "heat wave plan".

What measures have been put in place to try to find some freshness in the capital?

Fresh points

Monceau, Montsouris, Georges-Brassens, André-Citroën or the Buttes-Chaumont, most of the city's closed parks will remain open until midnight thanks to a "specific surveillance device", indicates the Town Hall in a press release.

Three schoolyards will be open to the public in the evening on Monday and Tuesday, as well as "refreshed rooms" in the afternoon in borough town halls, or even in the clubs of the city's social action centers (Casvp) , and accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad), still indicates the Town Hall.

In addition to the 1,200 fountains that the capital already has, around fifty foggers and 35 prototype fountains offering drinking and sprinkling have been deployed.

These are temporarily connected to the fire hydrants.

In addition to around thirty public swimming pools, six ephemeral pools are open as part of Paris Plages, under the threat, however, of the strike notice launched by the agents for the whole summer.

Strengthened solidarity

The approximately 10,000 vulnerable people registered in the "Reflex" file will be contacted by telephone to assess their state of health, says the Town Hall, which is mobilizing its doctors and volunteer doctors for the occasion.

The City announces to strengthen its marauding, whose teams will distribute 5,000 gourdes, and to expand the hours of its day reception to offer refreshed spaces to people on the street.

Free residential parking

Residential parking is free on Monday due to the air pollution episode associated with this heat wave.

Our heatwave file

In addition, the Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP) affirm in a press release that they have “taken the necessary measures to ensure the continuity of the public hospital service […] during this episode of heat”.

Its teams "are organizing to accommodate a possible influx of patients who are victims of the heat wave" and to "lower the temperature in [the] premises" by various means, but the institution warns that "if necessary, the postponement non-emergency activities may be considered”.

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