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FIRST TONIGHT--
THE HEAT PROVES TOO
MUCH FOR SOME AT THE
BRISTOL FOURTH OF JULY
PARADE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT..
DECLARING A MASS
CASUALTY INCIDENT...
AS PARADE GOERS HAD
TO BE TREATED FOR HEAT
EXHAUSTION
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
HAS BEEN MONITORING
THE SITUATION THERE..
AND JOINS US LIVE WITH
THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS.
KAIT?
(KW)
WE'RE LIVE TONIGHT A
FEW BLOCKS FROM
WHERE THE PARADE WAS
ON HOPE STREET- AT THE
BRISTOL FIRE
HEADQUARTERS - WHERE
HOURS AFTER THE
PARADE - PEOPLE ARE
STILL BEING
TRANSPORTED HERE -
FOR HEAT-RELATED
MEDICAL ISSUES.
THE ROUTE WAS PACKED
WITH THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE - BUT AFTER
HOURS IN THE SUN - THE
HEAT REALLY STARTED TO
CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS.
THE PRIDE OF BRISTOL - A
TRADITION FOR 233 YEARS -
THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
IN THE COUNTRY!
ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF
YOUNG...
"First parade!"
...AND OLDER
Nats
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY - LIKE THESE FOLKS
FROM ARIZONA.
"We have family in Rhode Island
and it's just fun every year."
AND WHILE THE PARADE ROUTE
IS LONG - YOU HAVE TO WAKE
UP VERY EARLY - TRY 2AM
EARLY- TO CLAIM PRIME REAL
These people rOPE STREET.
"
These people right here? Usually
I
get that spot but they beat me
to it.
They did. They beat me to it.
They
got the tree!"
THAT TREE - ANY SHADE - AND
LOTS OF WATER - KEY ON THIS
PARTICULARLY HOT JULY 4TH -
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
MARCHING IN THE PARADE.
"Fife and drum nats"
PARADE ORGANIZERS SAY THIS
YEAR - THERE WERE MORE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PARADE
THAN IN YEARS PAST - BUT
THAT IT TOOK THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF TIME THIS YEAR TO
GET FROM THE START TO THE
FINISH.
BUT A PARADE LASTING TWO
HOURS IN THIS HEAT - TAKES A
TOLL ON THE BODY -
ESPECIALLY IN FULL UNIFORM.
NEAR THE END OF THE ROUTE -
EYEWITNESS NEWS GOT THIS
VIDEO OF PEOPLE NEEDING
MEDICAL TREATMENT - FROM
HEAT EXHAUSTION - AND
DEHYDRATION.
A LEVEL TWO MASS CASUALTY
INCIDENT WAS DECLARED - SO
NEIGHBORING TOWNS COULD
HELP BRISTOL SET UP A FIELD
HOSPITAL AT THEIR FIRE
HEADQUARTERS.
"This is something we do every
year. We needed a little extra
help
this year because of the heat
and
humidity."
THE RHODE ISLAND DISASTER
MEDICAL ASSISTANT TEAM
LEADER SAID AT LEAST 40
PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED
HERE - WITH 5 OR 6 THEN
GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
"IVs, we have a misting tent,
cooling
tub so people who are really hot
can
be immersed in cold water."
WATER WAS PROVIDED ALONG
THE ROUTE AND AT THE END
FOR MARCHERS - BUT THE
SUMMER HEAT OVERPOWERED
SIMPLE HYDRATION ON THIS
HOT DAY.
(KW)
THE CHIEF SAID THEY
WERE PREPARED FOR
THIS TO HAPPEN TODAY -
AND THAT THIS FIELD
HOSPITAL WAS A WAY TO
PROVIDE FASTER CARE -
THAN IT WOULD FOR
EVERYONE TO BE
TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
LIVE IN BRISTOL, I'M KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
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NOW WE ARE TRACKING
AND THE WAVES
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FIRST TONIGHT--
THE HEAT PROVES TOO
MUCH FOR SOME AT THE
BRISTOL FOURTH OF JULY
PARADE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT..
DECLARING A MASS
CASUALTY INCIDENT...
AS PARADE GOERS HAD
TO BE TREATED FOR HEAT
EXHAUSTION
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
HAS BEEN MONITORING
THE SITUATION THERE..
AND JOINS US LIVE WITH
THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS.
KAIT?
(KW)
I CHECKED WITH OUR
METEOROLOGISTS AND
THE FEELS LIKE
TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT
98 DEGREES HERE IN
BRISTOL.
COMBINE THAT WITH
HUMIDITY - AND HEAVY
LAYERS OF BAND
COSTUMES - AND THIS
HEST TURNED
DANGEROUS FOR SOME
PARADE GOERS.
THE PRIDE OF BRISTOL - A
TRADITION FOR 233 YEARS -
THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
IN THE COUNTRY!
ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF
YOUNG...
"First parade!"
...AND OLDER
Nats
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY - LIKE THESE FOLKS
FROM ARIZONA.
"We have family in Rhode Island
and it's just fun every year."
AND WHILE THE PARADE ROUTE
IS LONG - YOU HAVE TO WAKE
UP VERY EARLY - TRY 2AM
EARLY- TO CLAIM PRIME REAL
ESTATE ALONG HOPE STREET.
"
These people right here? Usually
I
get that spot but they beat me
to it.
They did. They beat me to it.
They
got the tree!"
THAT TREE - ANY SHADE - AND
LOTS OF WATER - KEY ON THIS
PARTICULARLY HOT JULY 4TH -
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
MARCHING IN THE PARADE.
"Fife and drum nats"
PARADE ORGANIZERS SAY THIS
YEAR - THERE WERE MORE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PARADE
THAN IN YEARS PAST - BUT
THAT IT TOOK THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF TIME THIS YEAR TO
GET FROM THE START TO THE
FINISH.
BUT A PARADE LASTING TWO
HOURS IN THIS HEAT - TAKES A
TOLL ON THE BODY -
ESPECIALLY IN FULL UNIFORM.
NEAR THE END OF THE ROUTE -
EYEWITNESS NEWS GOT THIS
VIDEO OF PEOPLE NEEDING
MEDICAL TREATMENT - FROM
HEAT EXHAUSTION - AND
DEHYDRATION.
A LEVEL TWO MASS CASUALTY
INCIDENT WAS DECLARED - SO
NEIGHBORING TOWNS COULD
HELP BRISTOL SET UP A FIELD
HOSPITAL AT THEIR FIRE
HEADQUARTERS.
"This is something we do every
year. We needed a little extra
help
this year because of the heat
and
humidity."
THE RHODE ISLAND DISASTER
MEDICAL ASSISTANT TEAM
LEADER SAID AT LEAST 40
PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED
HERE - WITH 5 OR 6 THEN
GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
"IVs, we have a misting tent,
cooling
tub so people who are really hot
can
be immersed in cold water."
WATER WAS PROVIDED ALONG
THE ROUTE AND AT THE END
FOR MARCHERS - BUT THE
SUMMER HEAT OVERPOWERED
SIMPLE HYDRATION ON THIS
HOT DAY.
(KW)
THE MASS CASUALTY
TERM SOUNDS WORSE
THAN IT IS IN THIS CASE -
ITS THE TERM THAT
SIGNIFIES A SPECIFIC
PLAN SO MUTUAL AID
KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO
HELP.
THAT LOWERED
RESPONSE TIME DOWN.
LIVE IN BRISTOL, IM KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.