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Program Overview
- Provide guidance to public inquiries regarding outdoor air quality concerns.
- Investigate complaints of open burning and initiate enforcement to terminate illegal burning.
To determine whether the air quality poses a health risk for some or all individuals, we rely on the Air Quality Index, or AQI. This is a nationally uniform index that reports information about common air pollutants, including particles from wildfire smoke. This index is updated throughout the day.
People with chronic lung or heart conditions, older adults, children and teenagers, pregnant women and outdoor workers are most at-risk for adverse health effects from wildfire smoke. However, when the AQI reaches 200 or above (Purple/Brown), all of us are at elevated risk.
