This page provides practical guidance to help you plan ahead and stay safe during outdoor events and large gatherings, with tips on preventing heat-related illness, preparing for thunderstorms and poor air quality, and finding key Massachusetts resources
- This page, Celebrate Safely - Heat and Health Tips for Watch Parties and Summer Events, is offered by
- Department of Public Health
- Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health
Featured celebrate safely resources
Celebrate safely fact sheet
Simple steps to help plan ahead, stay cool, and reduce health risks from unhealthy heat, poor air quality, and extreme weather during summer events.
Heat and health tips for watch parties
A practical checklist for planning safer watch parties and summer events, with tips on extreme heat and weather readiness, food safety, sanitation and trash planning, and worker safety.
Food safety guidance for food trucks
Food trucks: permitting steps, required documents, inspection tips, allergen/advisory rules, safe temps, and hot-weather worker safety.
Food Safety and Permitting Guidance for Food Trucks and Mobile Food Vendors
Food truck pre-operational checklist for LBOH
Food trucks: permitting steps, required documents, inspection tips, allergen/advisory rules, safe temps, and hot-weather worker safety.
Food Safety and Permitting Guidance for Food Trucks and Mobile Food Vendors
Operating procedures for food trucks
Standard SOP guidance for mobile food units covering hygiene, approved sources, temperature control, sanitation, waste, setup, and contingency plans.
Standard Operating Procedures for Mobile Food Establishments
Prevent and treat heat-related illness
Understand heat-related symptoms to keep yourself and others safe during hot weather.
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