AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IN SPOKANE
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN LEWISTON
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IN YAKIMA
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN COEUR D'ALENE
NEZ PERCE TRIBE
SPOKANE TRIBE
KALISPEL INDIAN COMMUNITY
COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE
SPOKANE REGIONAL CLEAN AIR AGENCY
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHO

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IN SPOKANE
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN LEWISTON
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IN YAKIMA
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN COEUR D'ALENE
NEZ PERCE TRIBE
SPOKANE TRIBE
KALISPEL INDIAN COMMUNITY
COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE
SPOKANE REGIONAL CLEAN AIR AGENCY
KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHO

WASHINGTON COUNTIES WITHIN THE AIR QUALITY
ALERT INCLUDE:

ADAMS
ASOTIN
DOUGLAS
STEVENS
PEND OREILLE
GARFIELD
GRANT
LINCOLN
SPOKANE
WHITMAN

IDAHO COUNTIES WITHIN THE AIR QUALITY ALERT INCLUDE:

BOUNDARY
BONNER
KOOTENAI
SHOSHONE
BENEWAH
LATAH
NEZ PERCE
LEWIS
CLEARWATER
IDAHO


...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL TUESDAY...

UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY WILL BE COMMON AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO DUE TO THE LARGE WILDFIRES CURRENTLY
BURNING AROUND THE REGION.

CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
ARE MOST AT RISK OF SERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS. IF YOU EXPERIENCE
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, YOU SHOULD SPEAK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN.

SOME IMPROVEMENT IN VENTILATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY,
POTENTIALLY ALLOWING THE AIR QUALITY TO OSCILLATE BETWEEN UNHEALTHY
AND MODERATE TO GOOD FOR A BRIEF SPELL, HOWEVER WITH WIND EXPECTED TO
TURN NORTHERLY MONDAY BRINGING SMOKE FROM ONGOING FIRES IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA IS LIKELY TO DRIFT INTO WASHINGTON AND IDAHO AND CAUSE A
MORE PRONOUNCED AND PROLONGED RETURN TO UNHEALTHY LEVELS.

THE AIR QUALITY ALERT WILL BE REEVALUATED MONDAY AND TUESDAY BY THE
AGENCIES LISTED ABOVE AND DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED AT
THAT POINT.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WILDLAND FIRE SMOKE IMPACTING
WASHINGTON VISIT THE WASHINGTON SMOKE BLOG AT
HTTP://WASMOKE.BLOGSPOT.COM AND FOR CURRENT WASHINGTON AIR QUALITY
LEVELS, VISIT HTTPS://FORTRESS.WA.GOV/ECY/ENVIWA/ OR AIRNOW.GOV.
YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY AGENCY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS, AIR QUALITY, AND
WILDFIRE INFORMATION FOR IDAHO CAN BE FOUND ON THE IDAHO SMOKE
INFORMATION BLOG AT HTTP://IDSMOKE.BLOGSPOT.COM/