{"id":415311,"date":"2026-08-24T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415311\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:04:16","slug":"lubbock-firefighters-use-rehab-unit-to-combat-heat-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415311\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock firefighters use rehab unit to combat heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Image-Lubbock-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1311807\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIDEO: As temperatures climb, Lubbock firefighters are battling their own gear and the heat in addition to flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delgado said the gear is trapping all of a firefighter\u2019s heat, preventing sweat from evaporating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>KCBD-TV NBC 11 Lubbock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: As temperatures climb, Lubbock firefighters are battling their own gear and the heat in addition to flames.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,27],"class_list":["post-415311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415311","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=415311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}