Natural Heat-Related Deaths in Florida: 2010–2020

Serap Gorucu, Clyde Fraisse, and Ziwen Yu

Release Date: 6/21/2021

Reviewed At: 5/28/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae558-2021

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

This publication discusses heat-related deaths in Florida from 2010 to 2020 and presents safety recommendations as well as useful resources to prevent heat-related illnesses. Written by Serap Gorucu, Clyde Fraisse, and Ziwen Yu, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, May 2021.

About this Publication

This document is AE558, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Serap Gorucu, assistant professor, risk analysis, safety, and health of agricultural systems, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Clyde Fraisse, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; and Ziwen Yu, assistant professor, big data analytics, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Gorucu, S., Fraisse, C., & Yu, Z. (2021). Natural Heat-Related Deaths in Florida: 2010-2020. EDIS, 2021(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae558-2021