Sunday 8 May 2022 03:29 AM Cool Centres will be built in Western Sydney suburbs to beat extreme heat trends now
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Western Sydney councils plan to create heat shelters and want heatwaves to be treated the same as other natural disasters.
The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils' Heat Smart Resilience Framework will create heat refuges for residents to cool down during summer swelters.
President Barry Calvert said heatwaves killed more Australians every year and should be treated with the same precautions as floods and fires.
The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils have revealed its Heat Smart Resilience Framework that will see heat relief centres built for people unable to escape the heat at home or flock to popular swimming spots like the Nepean River (pictured)
'NSW's current heatwave emergency plan focuses on the distribution of heatwave warnings. This approach is inadequate for the level of heat being experienced in western Sydney,' he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
The new plan
