This page provides guides, fact sheets, brochures, infographics and web resources for use in learning about the health impacts of wildland fire smoke.

Wildfire Preparedness and Response during COVID-19 

• CDC - Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions and Resources for Air Resource Advisors and Other Environmental Health Professionals
• CDC - COVID-19 Considerations for Cleaner Air Shelters and Cleaner Air Spaces to Protect the Public from Wildfire Smoke
• CDC - Natural Disasters and Severe Weather
• CDC - Interim Guidance for General Population Disaster Shelters During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• CDC - FAQs for Wildland Firefighters
• CDC - Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters

Indoor Air Quality and COVID-19

• EPA - Frequent Questions about Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Other Smoke and COVID-19 Related Materials

• CDC - Open Burning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Publications

• 2019 Revised: Wildfire Smoke Guide
• Air Quality and Outdoor Activity Guidance for Schools 
• Air Quality Index Publications
• Residential Air Cleaners, A Technical Summary

Infographics

• How to Order the Infographic Card on "Reduce Health Risks in Areas with Wildfire Smoke" 

Health Fact Sheets

• Reduce Your Smoke Exposure
• Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke and Ash 
• Protect Your Pets from Wildfire Smoke 
• Protect Your Large Animals and Livestock from Wildfire Smoke
• Respiratory Protection
• Protect Yourself From Ash
• Indoor Air Filtration
• Prepare for Fire Season
• Asthma and Outdoor Air Pollution
• Heart Disease, Stroke and Air Pollution

Wildland Fire Research Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet on Smoke Sense App
• Community Health Vulnerability Index
• Wildland Fire Research to Protect Health and the Environment

Health Care Professional Online Training

• Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients' Health
• Particle Pollution and Your Patients' Health

Video

• Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials EXIT

Other Federal Government Resources

• Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality
• Create a a Clean Room to Protect Indoor Air Quality
• Particulate Matter (PM) Pollution 
• EPA Wildland Fire Research
• U.S. Forest Service Wildland Fire and Air Quality Response Program
• CDC's Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke
• Burn Wise. This program promotes the importance of burning the right wood, the right way, in the right appliance. 
• Agency Technical Contacts
  • EPA Technical Contact: Ali Kamal, kamal.ali@epa.gov
  • USFS Technical Contact: Pete Lahm, peter.lahm@usda.gov

State and Local Government Resources

• California Certified Air Cleaning Devices Exit
• Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Exit
• California Air Resources Board Exit
• Oregon Wildfire Risk ExplorerExit
• New Mexico Fire Information Exit
• Missoula, Montana, Mountain Wildfire Smoke InformationExit