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Protecting Wildfire Personnel from Smoke - How Incident Management Teams Address Smoke Risks

Smoke is a risk faced by wildland firefighters and personnel with both short and long-term health impacts. Safety Officers, Logistics Section Chiefs, Medical Unit Leaders and Air Resource Advisors can work individually and together as part of the Incident Management Team to…
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Year: 2024
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Logistics, Planning, Safety
Region(s): National
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Using digital technology to protect health in prolonged poor air quality episodes: a case study of the AirRater app during the Australian 2019-20 fires

In the southern hemisphere summer of 2019–20, Australia experienced its most severe bushfire season on record. Smoke from fires affected 80% of the population, with large and prolonged exceedances of the Australian National Air Quality Standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5…
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Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Logistics, Planning, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, Australia, smartphone app, digital technology, air quality, public health, AirRater, smoke exposure