The first week of June, 2026, is Smoke Ready Week. Throughout the week, ORCAA and other air quality agencies around the country (and the world) will share information about the best means of dealing with smoke from wildfire events when it impacts your community.
Here in Washington, one of the best tools you can use is the Washington Smoke Blog. This information-sharing website receives updates from multiple agencies, including ORCAA, to keep Washington residents updated on the latest wildfire and wildfire smoke events around the state and the Pacific NW region.
A post this week highlighted the heightened danger of wildfires this season.
“The winter of 2025-26 was exceptionally warm across the western United States. An already warm November to February was accelerated by an extended duration heat wave in March that broke monthly temperature records across large portions of the Great Basin, Central/Southern Rockies, and Southwest. As a result, by April 1, when snowpack is usually at its annual maximum, this year’s numbers were near or below record values across almost every mountain range in the west.”
Day 2: Smoke Ready Week – Minimize Exposure
본인 또는 가족 중 대기 오염에 민감하거나 건강 질환이 있는 사람이 있다면 산불 시즌이 시작되기 전에 담당 의사와 상담하세요. 연기가 자욱한 환경에서는 N95 마스크나 기타 미립자 마스크를 사용하는 것이 도움이 될 수 있습니다.
지금이 바로 보호 장비를 챙기고 필요할 때 사용할 수 있도록 약품을 리필할 때입니다. 미리 계획을 세우면 연기가 피어오를 때 건강을 지키기가 더 쉬워집니다.
ORCAA의 산불 연기 페이지에서 자세히 알아보기