Main-Kinzig-Kreis starts heat telephone: Help for endangered seniors!

Main-Kinzig-Kreis starts heat telephone: Help for endangered seniors!

Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland - What a hot topic! From June 16, 2025, a free heat telephone for endangered groups is switched in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse. This is a reaction to the growing health risks caused by high temperatures - especially for older and chronically ill people. According to Fuldaer Zeitung , the service is aimed at everyone who is particularly exposed to the heat, as People in need of care.

In the period from June 16 to August 29, the heat phone becomes active, and although the German Weather Service (DWD) keeps an eye on the temperatures in these months, the heat phone works particularly well when a heat warning is published. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis informs persons registered-every day between 8.30 a.m. and 12 p.m.

How does the registration work?

If you want to benefit from this service, you have to register with the Office for Health and Danglary. This can be easily done by phone at (06051) 8514600 or by email to Buergerinformation@mkk.de. Anyone who has already registered in previous years can be happy: these people are automatically contacted and usually do not have to do anything else.

But what can the callers expect? Trained employees are ready to give tips on heat protection and check possible health impairments. If necessary, the family doctor can also be informed. However, individual health advice is not part of the offer. The aim of the initiative is to educate the population about the health risks during the heat period.

heat as a health risk

The rising temperatures are anything but harmless. The Federal Environment Agency explains that a so-called "hot day" is defined as day when the temperature increases above 30 ° C. These days have increased dramatically in Germany in the past two decades, especially in the heat summer 2003, 2015, 2018 and 2022.

The health consequences are far -reaching. According to the Robert Koch-Institut have extreme temperatures in particular fatal influence on older people, Schwanger and such with chronic diseases. Studies show that around 15,600 people also died of heat in the heat summer and 2019 in Germany.

These developments illustrate how urgently we need effective measures for prevention and protection against heat. Future forecasts indicate that the number of hot days and tropical nights will continue to increase due to climate change. Responsible decisions and comprehensive information are required-in the Main-Kinzig district as well as throughout Germany.

The initiative with the heat phone is a first, important step to support endangered people and to support them in the heat. After all, it has to be close to our hearts that our neighbors are well looked after in the intensive summer heat!