This is the forecast for vertically integrated wildfire smoke at 5 p.m. MDT July 11, 2021.
Smoke forecast July 11, 2021
Tag: smoke
Smoke forecast, Friday night July 9, 2021
This is the forecast for the distribution of vertically integrated wildfire smoke at 10 p.m. MDT July 9, 2021; created at 4 p.m. MDT July 9.
Smoke forecast, June 22, 2021
This is the forecast for the distribution of near-surface wildfire smoke at 10 a.m. MDT June 22, 2021.
Smoke forecast for June 16, 2021
It is only mid-June and we are already looking at large-scale wildland fire smoke issues.
These maps predict the distribution of smoke at 6 p.m. MDT today, June 16, 2021.
Vertically integrated smoke depicts all of the smoke in a vertical column, including smoke high in Earth’s atmosphere and can produce red sunrises and sunsets. In some cases where it is only at high altitudes it may not be very noticeable on the ground.
Near-surface smoke refers to the smoke that will hover within 8 meters (26 feet) of the ground—the kind responsible for burning eyes and aggravated asthma.
Forecast for wildland fire smoke, June 12, 2021
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This is the forecast for the distribution of near surface wildland fire smoke at 8 a.m. MDT June 12, 2021. Created by NOAA June 11, 2021.
A brief look — wildland firefighter smoke exposure and risk of lung and cardiovascular disease
Here is a very brief look at the effects of smoke on wildland firefighters, and below that, a longer look, in the embedded four-page .pdf document.
By Kathleen M. Navarro, U.S. Forest Service
(currently with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Wildland firefighters are exposed to health hazards including inhaling hazardous pollutants from the combustion of live and dead vegetation (smoke), and breathing in ash and soil dust, while working long shifts with no respiratory protection. This research brief summarizes a study estimating long-term health impacts of smoke exposure for wildland firefighters (Navarro et al. 2019). The study estimated relative risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality from existing particulate matter (PM) exposure-response relationships using a measured PM concentration from smoke and breathing rates from previous wildland firefighter studies across different exposure scenarios.
Key Findings:
- Firefighters who worked both short and long seasons (49 days and 98 days per year, respectively) were exposed to increased lifetime doses of PM4 across all career durations (5-25 years).
- Wildland firefighters were estimated to be at increased risk of lung cancer (8 to 43 percent) and cardiovascular disease (16 to 30 percent) mortality across all season lengths and career durations.
- These findings suggest that wildland firefighters should reduce exposure to smoke in any way possible.
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For more information: Smoke — and the health of firefighters
Let’s be careful out there.
