Rio de Janeiro Expands Heat Emergency Hydration Drive to Transit Hubs

Overview

• Cedae opened hydration points at Central do Brasil and key train stations in Bangu, Campo Grande and Madureira with priority for people in street situations and commuters.
• The effort supplements beach operations using a dedicated Hydration Fleet of a van and 14 bicycles and provides potable water drawn from ETA Guandu with mobile-lab quality testing.
• State health authorities installed hydration posts at all 27 UPAs, activated risk-classification and clinical protocols for heat illness and reinforced Samu with motorcycle teams and rapid-response vehicles.
• Civil Defense and Cemaden-RJ stepped up alerts for high temperatures and low humidity, while Inea launched a monitoring room that uses data from 30 stations to issue real-time guidance.
• Officials reported no confirmed heat-related deaths in the current hot spell, maintained that water supply remains stable and increased Operation Verão staffing with over 1,000 firefighters and drones to deter nighttime bathing.