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Smoke Matters Videos

Our Smoke Matters videos provide practical tips and information to help you prepare for wildfire and smoke events. Learn how to protect yourself and your family, improve indoor air quality, and take simple steps to stay healthier when wildfire smoke affects your community.

During a wildfire event, the hazardous particles and gases from wildfire smoke can build up inside our homes. Learn how and why to set up a “smoke safe” room in your home.

Smoke Safe Room

During a wildfire event, the hazardous particles and gases from wildfire smoke can build up inside our homes. Learn how and why to set up a “smoke safe” room in your home.

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A "Smoke-Safe" room is a space you set up in your home or apartment when air quality due to wildfire smoke has reached unhealthy levels (see www.AirNow.Gov). EPA encourages smoke-safe rooms as wildfire smoke places us at higher risk of asthma attacks, heart attacks and strokes.

Smoke Safe Room Set up

A "Smoke-Safe" room is a space you set up in your home or apartment when air quality due to wildfire smoke has reached unhealthy levels (see www.AirNow.Gov). EPA encourages smoke-safe rooms as wildfire smoke places us at higher risk of asthma attacks, heart attacks and strokes.

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Store-bought air cleaners can be expensive, but you can make your own low-cost and highly effective DIY Air Cleaner.

DIY Air Cleaner

Store-bought air cleaners can be expensive, but you can make your own low-cost and highly effective DIY Air Cleaner.

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The AQI is a tool to monitor your current air quality conditions, and to know when air pollution is reaching harmful levels. Public health agencies encourage us to use the AQI to guide our daily outdoor activities. Reducing outdoor activities during wildfire smoke events is a key step to preventing adverse health outcomes.

Local Air Quality

The AQI is a tool to monitor your current air quality conditions, and to know when air pollution is reaching harmful levels. Public health agencies encourage us to use the AQI to guide our daily outdoor activities. Reducing outdoor activities during wildfire smoke events is a key step to preventing adverse health outcomes.

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Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke is known to contribute to a range of health issues, such as asthma attacks, heart attacks, and even stroke. Smoke is especially harmful to the elderly, pregnant women, infants, young children, diabetics and the immuno-compromised.

Face Mask

Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke is known to contribute to a range of health issues, such as asthma attacks, heart attacks, and even stroke. Smoke is especially harmful to the elderly, pregnant women, infants, young children, diabetics and the immuno-compromised.

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