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- Effective: 2025-01-09 14:45:00 PST
- Expires: 2025-01-10 17:00:00 PST
- Urgency: Unknown
- Severity: Unknown
- Certainty: Unknown
- Instruction: To protect your health, if you smell or see smoke: * Remain indoors with windows and doors closed * Avoid intense outdoor physical activity * Run your air conditioner and/or an air purifier * If you must be outdoors, keep the time brief and wear a well- fitting N-95 mask * Do not use whole house fans or swamp coolers that bring in outside air if you have other methods to stay cool * Avoid other sources of pollution such as fireplaces, candles, incense, grilling, and gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment Also check air quality levels and act as needed: * When Air Quality Index (AQI) levels are “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” (orange), sensitive groups as specified above should limit extended or intense outdoor activity. * When AQI is “Unhealthy” (red), everyone may experience health impacts. Sensitive groups should avoid extended time outdoors. * When AQI is “Very Unhealthy” (purple), sensitive groups should avoid all outdoor physical activity. Everyone else should avoid extended or intense outdoor activity. * When AQI is “Hazardous” (maroon), everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… In South Coast Air Basin, to view current and forecasted air quality levels, visit the South Coast Air Quality Management District website at aqmd.gov or download the mobile app at www.aqmd.gov/mobileapp. Additional details for this air quality alert may be available at www.aqmd.gov/advisory. Information on the South Coast AQMD Check Before You Burn program is available at www.aqmd.gov/cbyb. In San Diego, to view current and forecasted air quality levels, visit the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District website at www.sdapcd.org/content/sdapcd/air-quality.html. Additional details for this air quality alert may be available at www.sdapcd.org/content/sdapcd/air-quality/smoke-advisory.html. In Mojave Desert, to view current and forecasted air quality levels, visit the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District website at mdaqmd.ca.gov. Additional details for this air quality alert may be available at www.mdaqmd.ca.gov/advisories.
- Target Area: San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire; Riverside County Mountains; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning; Orange County Coastal; Orange County Inland
* WHAT…The South Coast AQMD has issued an air quality alert due to increased fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke. The South Coast AQMD has issued a mandatory wood-burning ban for residents in the South Coast Air Basin. The No-Burn rule bans burning wood, pellets, and manufactured fire logs in any indoor or outdoor wood- burning device…