{"id":411310,"date":"2026-08-19T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411310\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:34:08","slug":"lubbock-firefighters-use-rehab-unit-to-combat-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411310\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock firefighters use rehab unit to combat heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; As temperatures climb, Lubbock firefighters are battling their own gear and the heat in addition to flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lubbock Fire Rescues\u2019 Public information officer , Derek Delgado said calls do not stop and are not dependent on weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That protection comes at a cost. Gear traps heat against the body, making it harder for firefighters to cool down naturally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Delgado said the gear is trapping all of a firefighter\u2019s heat, preventing sweat from evaporating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s where the rehab truck comes in. Inside, firefighters can be monitored to catch heat exhaustion before it becomes a medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Delgado said that once firefighters get in the truck versus when they got out, they are getting better, with their vital signs, heart rate and blood pressure improving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Inside the truck, firefighters can have their vitals checked and rehydrate. They also have the option of using cooling vests to further bring down their temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Delgado said a firefighter\u2019s body temperature could get well over 100 degrees, and putting on a cooling vest, described as basically a big ice cube placed around the upper body, can help expedite the cooling process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As Lubbock\u2019s heat continues, Delgado said the truck will stay on standby.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; As temperatures climb, Lubbock firefighters are battling their own gear and the heat in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[121305,143020,3205,319,11770,66,168,143607,170,169,27],"class_list":["post-411310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-dangerous-heat","tag-dayna-glover","tag-heat","tag-kcbd","tag-lfr","tag-local","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-firefighters","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}