The Heat Wave Health Alert System (SACS) SACS is a monitoring and alert system designed to identify heat waves that could have a significant impact on public health, thereby enabling the rapid implementation of preventive and management measures. SACS consists of two coordinated components: a meteorological component implemented by Météo-France, and a health component implemented by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS). The InVS assesses the impact of heat waves on a daily basis using the following indicators: - The number of emergency room visits (including those under one year of age and those aged 75 and older)- The number of SOS Médecins interventions - The number of emergency room visits and the number of SOS Médecins interventions related to heat (visits with a diagnosis of hyperthermia and heatstroke (T67 and X30), visits with a diagnosis of dehydration: E86, visits with a diagnosis of hyponatremia: E87) - INSEE mortality data

Heat Wave in France Since Sunday, June 28, 2015Many French departments are currently experiencing a heat wave following a weekend during which temperatures began to rise significantly. Following an analysis of the situation conducted by Météo-France, the agency issued an orange heat wave alert for 26 departments and a yellow alert for 40 departments on Monday, June 29, 2015. As of 4:00 p.m. on July 1, 2015, 47 departments are under an orange alert and 25 under a yellow alert. In Midi-Pyrénées, the Lot department has been under an orange alert since Monday, June 29, 2015, and the other departments have been under a yellow alert since Sunday, June 28, 2015, or Monday, June 29, 2015. For real-time information on the weather situation, you can consult the Météo-France alert map, which is updated at least twice a day at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the following website: http://vigilance.meteofrance.comLes. For behavioral and prevention recommendations from the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (INPES), visit the following website: http://www.inpes.sante.fr/10000/themes/evenement_climatique/canicule/canicule-agir.asp

The characteristics of the current heat wave (early onset, intensity, extent, and indefinite duration), combined with aggravating factors (ozone pollution episode, start of the vacation weekend), should prompt us to exercise the utmost vigilance.