Health

More vulnerable or smoke sensitive persons may consider using an indoor high-efficiency air filter (HEPA) or electrostatic precipitator for your home or to help create one or more rooms with cleaner air to breathe

Follow your health care provider’s advice about prevention and treatment of symptoms if you have heart or lung disease or respiratory illnesses such as asthma

Sources of indoor smoke and dust can be burning cigarettes candles gas or propane ranges wood burning stoves and furnaces and vacuuming

Reduce other sources of indoor smoke and dust

Drink plenty of water

Stay hydrated

Reducing vigorous outdoor activity can minimize health risks during smoke event

Reducing vigorous outdoor activity can be an important effective way to lower amount of smoke you are breathing in

Reduce time you engage in vigorous outdoor activity

Set your A/C or heating unit to recycle or recirculate when at home or in your car to limit your exposure

Reducing time outdoors can provide some protection especially in tightly closed air-conditioned house

Reduce time spent outdoors when smoke is present

Limit your exposure to smoke

Use following guidelines if you feel smoke may impact you

Visit Protect Your Health page for specific guidance for each of these sensitive groups

Sensitive groups include persons with asthma or other chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD persons with cardiovascular disease persons 65 years of age or older infants and children pregnant women smokers especially those who have smoked for several years

Smoke may worsen symptoms for people with pre-existing health conditions and those sensitive to air pollution

Sensitivity to smoke is influenced by factors including severity duration of smoke exposure and a person's health

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Checking air quality index (AQI) on Oregon smoke map is important to stay healthy during fire season