Highlights
- ASU filmmaker Nita Blum-Reddick produced a 16-minute documentary on Phoenix Fire Department heat-stroke response during summer 2025.
- The film, titled 'A New Inferno,' captures medics using a low-tech measure to revive a man near death from heat stroke.
- The documentary was published by ASU News on May 12, 2026, with no Scottsdale-specific connection identified in the source material.
An Arizona State University filmmaker has released a short documentary capturing Phoenix Fire Department medics reviving a heat stroke patient using a low-tech lifesaving measure during the summer of 2025.
The film, titled "A New Inferno," runs 16 minutes and was made by Nita Blum-Reddick. According to ASU News, it follows a Phoenix Fire Department crew as they race to treat people suffering from heat stroke during what the university describes as a brutally hot summer. The opening scene depicts the frantic moment when medics bring a man back from the brink of death.
The documentary has no identified Scottsdale or Paradise Valley connection in the source material. ASU News published the item May 12, 2026.
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- news.asu.edu retrieved 12/05/2026 20:10
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