Jack Marchington is used to the heat.
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As someone who's day job involves repairing air conditioners, he's called to places which are warm.
Extremely warm. Hot, even.
And there'll be plenty of hot places in Orange over the coming days.
With a heatwave set to put the city's air conditioners under the pump, with temperatures set to soar to nearly 40 degrees on Saturday.
Mr Marchinton, who's the Orange manager for the Dubbo-based Chill Rite, said when the temperature climbs his days become busy.
"As soon as they get to those hot days it gets pretty hectic," he said.
"It's ridiculous for us in summer, when you start getting to those hot days people start calling up saying their air-con's not working or hasn't been working for three months and they're looking to get it serviced or fixed."
"It's going to be pretty busy, a lot of things going to go wrong but on hot days things are going to struggle."
- Jack Minchinton
He said the next few days, which are expected to hit 38 and 39 degrees, will be non-stop.
"It's going to be pretty busy, a lot of things going to go wrong but on hot days things are going to struggle," he said.
A lot of his work involves heading into roof cavities and tight, hot spaces - and while Mr Minchinton prefers to work in the heat compared to Orange's cold, sometimes working in roofs can be taking that to the extreme.
"In roofs it is what it is outside with an extra 15 or 20 degrees," he said.
"You can only spend 10 or 15 minutes up there at the most."
While he jokingly said he'd happily throw an apprentice up on most jobs, he said it was still a serious matter once the temperature hit 35 outside.
"You need to drink plenty of water and be smart about it," he said.
"Sometimes if you're installing an air conditioner then jumping up in the roof is pretty frequent, just do it early."
He'll start at 6am on really hot days and focus on "getting the hotter stuff done on or in a roof in the morning" before being inside for the hottest part of the day.
"Then once it gets to about 5.00 if there's still work to do then we might jump back up there," he said.
Thursday's maximum was 34.8 degrees, with the mercury above 30 degrees from 10.30am.
Weather forecasters say the extreme will have a significant impact on people's health.
The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has issued severe fire danger warnings for almost all council areas in this region, this includes: Bathurst, Blayney, Cabonne, Cootamundra-Gundgai, Cowra, Hilltops, Lithgow, Mid-Western, Oberon and Orange.
Residents in bushland areas are advised to leave early with weather conditions expected to deteriorate on Thursday.
Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Diana Eadie said dangerous fire conditions and record-breaking heat are occurring this week.
"Smoke will become a significant issue for populated areas," she said.
"This will combine with severe to extreme heatwave conditions to have a large impact on people's health."
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