Wildfire and Home Fire Resources
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—Wildfire Smoke and Covid-19
Information about how to prepare for the presence of wildfire smoke during the covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/covid-19/wildfire_smoke_covid-19.html
Department of Homeland Security-FEMA—Know the Facts: Home Fires
Fact sheet about home fires and what to do before, during and after a home fire emergency. Also links to different types of emergencies.
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/79a16f6b198fa87ba7b0255838c54904/FEMA_FS_wildfire_508.pdf
FEMA-Fact Sheet-Wildfires
Lots of information about wildfire risks and what to do before, during, and after a wildfire to stay safe.
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1622-20490-7893/wildfiresfactsheetfinalrev2_27_07.pdf
FEMA—Wildfires
Lots of information about how to prepare for a wildfire.
https://www.ready.gov/wildfires
FEMA—Wildfire Information Sheet
Infographic for wildfires.
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1527866703522-0c3242fc628e2979e6fd98e35d338cc2/Wildfire_May2018.pdf
AirNow—Fires and Your Health
Information about how to stay safe during the risks of wildfire smoke in the air.
https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=topics.smoke_events
AirNow—How Smoke from Fires Can Affect Your Health
Information on how to protect yourself from the effects of wildfire smoke.
https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=smoke.index
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) —Natural Disasters and Severe Weather: Wildfires
Lots of information and links to topics on health concerns caused by wildfires.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/wildfires/index.html
CDC-Preparing for Wildfires
Steps to take to prepare for a wildfire.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/wildfires
/beforefire.html
CDC—Stay Safe During a Wildfire
Lots of information on how to stay safe
during a wildfire.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/wildfires/
CDC-Infographic—Be Ready! Wildfires
https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/documents/BeReady_Widfires.pdf
CDC—Stay Safe After a Wildfire
Lots of information on how to stay safe after a wildfire.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/wildfires/afterfire.html
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—Wildfire Smoke Factsheet: Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke and Ash
https://www3.epa.gov/airnow/smoke_fires/protecting-children-from-wildfire-smoke-and-ash.pdf
EPA—Wildfire Smoke Factsheet: Prepare for the Fire Season
https://www3.epa.gov/airnow/smoke_fires/prepare-for-fire-season-508.pdf
FEMA—Preparing for Wildfires
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1527866703522-0c3242fc628e2979e6fd98e35d338cc2/Wildfire_May2018.pdf
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