Stop outdoor activities and contact your healthcare provider if you or someone in your care experiences shortness of breath, wheezing (including asthma attacks), severe cough, dizziness, or chest pains. Stay inside if you are feeling unwell and experiencing symptoms.
Keep your indoor air clean. Keep your doors and windows closed if the temperature in your home is comfortable. Use an air purifier with a High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter in a room where you spend a lot of time. Avoid air purifiers that produce ozone. Check the filter and change it if required. For more information visit https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/using-portable-air-cleaner-wildfire-smoke.html.
Take a break from the smoke by temporarily relocating or finding a location in your community with clean, cool air such as a library, shopping mall or community centre. Contact your local health or municipal authorities for more information.
If you must spend time outdoors, a well-fitted respirator-type mask (such as a NIOSH-certified N95 or equivalent respirator) that does not allow air to pass through small openings between the mask and face, can help reduce your exposure to the fine particles in smoke. These fine particles generally pose the greatest risk to health. However, respirators do not reduce exposure to the gases in wildfire smoke. It is important to listen to your body and reduce or stop activities if you are experiencing symptoms.
Be sure to check on people in your care and those around you who may be more susceptible to smoke.
Pay attention to information and direction from your local authorities and evacuate if told to do so.
Review your wildfire smoke plan and make sure you have enough medical supplies if the smoke continues to impact your community. Contact your healthcare provider if your condition is not improving.
Be aware of your mental health. It is normal to feel anxious or isolated during a smoke event. If you experience any feelings of stress, anxiety, or depression, contact your mental health care provider for advice or visit https://www.wellnesstogether.ca/en-CA.
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High levels of air pollution have developed due to smoke from forest fires.
Smoke plumes from forest fires in Quebec and northeastern Ontario have resulted in deteriorated air quality. The poor air quality will persist into the weekend.
Air quality and visibility due to wildfire smoke can fluctuate over short distances and can vary considerably from hour to hour.
For more details, please consult www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/air-quality-health-index/wildfire-smoke.html.
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Wildfire smoke can be harmful to everyone’s health even at low concentrations. Continue to take action to protect your health and reduce exposure to smoke.
People with lung disease (such as asthma) or heart disease, older adults, children, pregnant people, and people who work outdoors are at higher risk of experiencing health effects caused by wildfire smoke.
Visit www.airhealth.ca for information on how to reduce your health risk and your personal contribution to pollution levels, as well as for current and forecast AQHI values.
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It’s pretty cloudy here on Riley lake road.
As a follow-up to my previous message, thanks to Councillor Bob Stone, the Town has started toi actively address the communications.
There are many residents that believe one stupid mistake could be devastating to the community. But after a fire starts it is too late. Environment Canada is calling for a long hot and dry weather. I really struggle with the facts that if someone is fined it could take years, damage may be done as well no examples are set to deter others. The Town/District/Province can do the following:
1. Set up late signs, like those used for construction, warning people about that there is a “Fire and Fireworks Ban”. These signs could be set on major highways;
2. Work with the District to develop a fast and comprehensive plan to be implemented immediately;
3. Work with local retailers to have signage and or their cooperation to curtail and /or restrict fireworks sales;
I find it difficult to understand that if I fish illegally that the enforcing government agency could seize your car, your boat as well as fine yet someone sets a fire gets a fine. Not punitive enough;
Not sure there is a ban on fireworks that result in fines; Realize the OPP are strapped with everything they have on their plates but someone needs to support getting them involved aggressively.
Sorry for the long message but with governments there is too much talk and not enough aggressive and visible action. We no not want to become like Nero ” Who fiddled while Rome burned.”
We need to be more proactive in addressing this serious issue.