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The 2019 updates to the Wildfire Smoke Guide provide public health officials with the information they need to prepare for smoke events and, when wildfire smoke is present, to communicate health risks and take measures to protect the public. The Guide has been updated with respect to preparedness, exposure reduction strategies, and ash clean-up. The Wildfire Smoke Guide can help public health and air quality agencies provide advice to the public on strategies to limit exposure to smoke during wildfires and protect their health. The Wildfire Smoke Guide offers tips for how to best communicate to the public during a wildfire smoke event. This is a multi-agency document developed by the California Air Resources Board and Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Forest Service, and Environmental Protection Agency.

For more information about Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials, go to https://airnow.gov/wildfire-guide, for other wildfire smoke and health resources visit https://www.epa.gov/smoke-ready-toolbox-wildfires

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