How to use the Tool

The Community Heat Resilience Tool (CHaRT) helps you to understand health risks associated with heat and choose proven strategies for keeping people healthy, productive, and safe in the heat. Learn more about this tool on the About page.

You will need to log in in order to access some of the functionality within this tool. Please send us an email (heathealth@uw.edu) to request an account. You can access much of the general guidance in this tool without an account.

Learn more about how to use this tool

Explore detailed information about heat health risks and recommended interventions for your specific area

Save a detailed report of this information for offline use

Download risk and intervention data for your area of interest

Explore feature-rich and detailed interactive maps of risk and intervention data

Review detailed guidance on how to apply each intervention

Learn how to better engage with your community to help reduce heat-related health risks

Need help?

Please contact us (heathealth@uw.edu) if you need help using the Community Heat Resilience Tool, need help understanding this modeling approach, or how to apply these models to your area. We're here to help!