Wildfire Smoke Home Readiness Guide: AQI, PM2.5 & Cleaner Air Rooms
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Checklist / workflow
1. What to watch
- AQI category
- PM2.5 trend
- Smoke forecast
- Wind/weather change
- Public-health advisories
2. Cleaner-air room setup
- Interior room
- Close/seal openings
- HEPA sized for room
- Run continuously
- Reduce indoor particle sources
Use the live dashboard to compare AQI, wildfire, weather, and local alert context before deciding how aggressively to reduce smoke exposure.
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Use this page to understand Wildfire Smoke Home Readiness Guide: AQI, PM2.5 & Cleaner Air Rooms. Use the live dashboard to see current alerts, infrastructure stress, weather, wildfire, travel, public-health, supply-chain, and stability indicators in one place. Focus on AQI, Wildfire hotspots, NWS alerts, Local weather/wind, Public-health context in the live view.
Dashboard signals to compare
- AQI
- Wildfire hotspots
- NWS alerts
- Local weather/wind
- Public-health context
Official sources to verify
- EPA AirNow — PM2.5, AQI, and cleaner-air guidance.
- CDC — Smoke health impacts and precautions.
- Ready.gov — Wildfire preparedness fundamentals.
Common mistakes to avoid
- One reading only
- Opening windows during smoke
- Using ozone devices
- Waiting to buy filters
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HazardNow is supplemental public situational awareness. It should not replace official emergency-management systems, dispatch channels, incident command instructions, or local public alerts.
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