Amid a sweltering heat wave that set a record high temperature Friday at 102 degrees in the Portland area, the number of 911 calls and visits to nearby emergency departments are up.

“The Portland metro area is facing the highest heat risk of 2025,” said Brendon Haggerty, a manager with the Multnomah County Health Department, “due to record temperatures and number of days it will be hot.”

The county remains under an extreme heat warning through Tuesday.

911 calls on Friday rose to 415 – 44 of them being heat-related. The average number of emergency calls is far below that number, said Julia Comnes, a spokesperson for Multnomah County, with that number around 330.

“Heat-related emergency department visits were also up. Typically, we see a single visit or no visits. Yesterday, we had

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