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Returning Home After a Wildfire - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Returning Home After a Wildfire Quick Guide

The end of an evacuation order does not mean every property is free from hazards. Watch for unstable structures, hot spots, damaged gas and electric systems, contaminated water, ash, sharp debris, spoiled food, and emotional stress. Children, pregnant people, and people with heart or lung disease should avoid ash cleanup. Use damp methods, appropriate protective equipment, official disposal instructions, and professional remediation when structures burned.

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Understanding the Air Quality Index (AQI) - Fire Season Wellness resource
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AQI Family Quick Card

The Air Quality Index is EPA's color-coded tool for communicating outdoor air quality and possible health concern. Higher numbers mean greater concern. The AQI covers five major pollutants, and the pollutant producing the highest value usually drives the number you see. During wildfire smoke, PM2.5 is often the main concern. Use current AQI for decisions now, forecasts for planning, and official local alerts for emergency instructions.

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How to Create a Clean-Air Room - Fire Season Wellness resource
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How to Create a Clean-Air Room Quick Guide

A clean-air room is a room arranged to keep smoke particles as low as practical while outdoor air is unhealthy. Choose a room that fits the household, keep windows and doors closed, use correctly sized filtration, set cooling systems to recirculate, and avoid indoor activities that produce particles. A clean-air room does not replace evacuation. Leave when authorities direct you to go, when the home becomes too hot, or when smoke continues to enter heavily.

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Wildfire Smoke Health Guide - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Wildfire Smoke Health Guide Quick Guide

Wildfire smoke is a mixture of gases and particles from vegetation, structures, vehicles, and other materials. Fine particles can travel deep into the lungs and affect people far from the fire. Anyone can feel sick, while children, pregnant people, older adults, outdoor workers, and people with heart, lung, kidney, or other chronic conditions may need stronger precautions. No tea, food, steam treatment, or supplement removes inhaled smoke; cleaner air and appropriate medical care are the priorities.

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Nutrition During Smoke Events - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Nutrition During Smoke Events Quick Guide

There is no special food that cleans smoke particles from the lungs. During smoke events, use familiar balanced foods, drink fluids regularly, keep prescribed dietary needs in mind, and choose cooking methods that produce less indoor pollution. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein foods, and healthy fats support general nutrition, but they do not substitute for cleaner air or medical treatment. Traditional ideas such as lighter, warm meals may be used for comfort when clearly presented as supportive rather than curative.

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Hydration During Fire Season - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Hydration During Fire Season Quick Guide

Hydration supports temperature control, circulation, and normal body function, but it does not cleanse smoke from the lungs. Smoke season often overlaps with extreme heat, outdoor work, medication needs, and disrupted routines. Carry water, drink throughout the day, offer fluids regularly to children and older adults, and use medical guidance for people with kidney, heart, or endocrine conditions.

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Family Smoke Preparedness Checklist - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Family Smoke Preparedness Checklist Quick Guide

A family smoke plan connects air-quality protection with wildfire evacuation readiness. It should cover alerts, communication, cleaner indoor air, respirators, medications, food, water, power needs, children, pets, transportation, and at least two routes out. Review the plan before high-risk weather, not after smoke is already inside the home.

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Children and Wildfire Smoke - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Children and Wildfire Smoke Quick Guide

Children can be more affected by smoke because their lungs are developing, they breathe more air relative to body size, and they may spend more time active outdoors. Prepare medications, watch AQI and school messages, create cleaner indoor air, and use indoor activities. Children should not participate in ash cleanup. Respirator fit is challenging, especially for very young children, so cleaner air is the main protection.

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Pet Smoke Safety - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Pet Smoke Safety Quick Guide

Pets breathe the same polluted air as people. Keep them indoors with filtration, use only brief bathroom breaks when smoke is heavy, avoid strenuous exercise, and prepare carriers, identification, medication, and pet-friendly evacuation destinations. Birds and animals with heart, lung, age, or breed-related breathing concerns may be especially vulnerable. Human respirators should not be placed on pets.

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Preparing Your Home Before Fire Season - Fire Season Wellness resource
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Preparing Your Home Before Fire Season Quick Guide

Wildfire home preparation has two tracks. Exterior work reduces ignition risk from flames and embers; indoor planning reduces smoke exposure when it is safe to stay home. Follow current CAL FIRE and local defensible-space rules, maintain roofs and gutters, address vents and vegetation, document the property, test alarms, and prepare a clean-air room, go bags, and evacuation routes.

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