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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/30/2009 09:36 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 07/30/2009 09:36 AM
Expires: 01/01/2014 12:00 AM
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Tuolumne County Health Department Smoke Advisory
Sonora, CA...Due to the Mount Knight wildfire, current air quality in your area may be unhealthy. This information is provided to allow you to assess the air quality in your immediate vicinity. Because the Tuolumne County geography may entrap smoke in certain valleys and basins, use the following visibility...
chart to determine the air quality where you are. First identify on a map certain landmarks on the horizon, then check to see at what distance the landmarks can no longer be seen. The distance of this landmark is the “visibility in miles.”
Air Quality Categories Visibility in Miles Particulate level
(averaged 1 hour µg/m³)
Good 10 miles and up 0-40
Moderate 6-9 miles 41-80
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 3-5 miles 81-175
Unhealthy 1½ - 2½ miles 176-300
Very Unhealthy 1-1¼ miles 301-500
Hazardous ¾ mile or less Over 500
The following guidelines can help to prevent breathing problems during this fire season:
1) Individuals with lung or heart disease should make sure that they have a supply of medications on hand and are following their caregivers instructions. Individuals with asthma in particular should follow their asthma management plan.
2) Elderly and very young children should limit their outdoor activities when local air quality in impaired (visibility less than 5 miles).
3) Signs that the smoke may be bothering you include coughing, scratchy throat, irritated sinuses, shortness of breath, stinging eyes or runny nose. Sometimes symptoms may even include chest pain or headaches. Consult your caregiver for worsening symptoms.
4) Pay attention to local air quality reports. Listen and watch for news or health warnings about smoke.
5) If you are advised to stay indoors, keep indoor air as clean as possible. Keep windows and doors closed unless it is extremely hot outside. Run an air conditioner if you have one, but keep the fresh-air intake closed and the filter clean to prevent outdoor smoke from getting inside. If you do not have an air conditioner and it is too warm to stay inside with the windows closed, seek shelter elsewhere.
6) Use a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter to reduce breathing problems. Room air cleaners, which utilize a HEPA filter, may reduce the number of irritating fine particles in indoor air.
7) Most dust masks are not effective in reducing smoke exposure during a wildfire because they are not designed to filter very small particles and do not fit well enough to provide an airtight seal around the wearer’s mouth and nose. If you use a HEPA mask, see that it meets OSHA guidelines. Surgical masks that trap small particles are designed to filter air coming out of the wearer’s mouth and do not provide a good seal to prevent inhalation of small particles or gases in smoke.
8) Do not add to indoor pollution. Do not smoke because smoking puts even more pollution into the air.
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