{"id":39557,"date":"2026-06-03T09:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39557"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:40:08","slug":"usps-heat-illness-prevention-program-requirements-to-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/06\/03\/usps-heat-illness-prevention-program-requirements-to-be-released\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Heat Illness Prevention Program requirements to be released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Postal Service is preparing to launch this year\u2019s Heat Illness Prevention Program to help employees recognize, prevent and respond to heat-related illnesses while working in hot weather.<\/p>\n<p>The program includes updated training and guidance focusing on proper hydration, early symptom recognition and the importance of preventative measures.<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory Heat Illness Prevention Program training will be available in the Learning Management System through MyHR.<\/p>\n<p>Additional program details, resources and reminders can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myhr.usps.gov\/safety_labor\/safety\/workplace_safety\/heat_illness_prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heat Illness Prevention page<\/a>\u00a0on the MyHR website and will be shared in a July edition of Postal Bulletin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30360\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postal Service is preparing to launch this year\u2019s Heat Illness Prevention Program to help employees recognize, prevent and respond to heat-related illnesses while working in hot weather. The program includes updated training and guidance focusing on proper hydration, early symptom recognition and the importance of preventative measures. Mandatory Heat Illness Prevention Program training will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39558,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39557\/revisions\/39558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}