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WOCN20 CWVR 140813
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE B.C. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
AND PARKS
AT 1:13 A.M. PDT SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
MANNING - SKAGIT VALLEY
WEST COLUMBIA
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE
WEST KOOTENAY
KOOTENAY LAKE
CHILCOTIN
CARIBOO - NORTH INCLUDING QUESNEL
PRINCE GEORGE
MCGREGOR
B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
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==DISCUSSION==
NUMEROUS REGIONS ACROSS B.C. ARE BEING IMPACTED OR ARE LIKELY TO BE
IMPACTED BY WILDFIRE SMOKE OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS.
WILDFIRE SMOKE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS THE
PROVINCE DUE TO CHANGING WIND CONDITIONS.
DURING A WILDFIRE, SMOKE CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY OVER SHORT
DISTANCES AND CAN VARY CONSIDERABLY HOUR-BY-HOUR.
MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR ANY WILDFIRES NEAR YOUR AREA AT
EMERGENCYINFOBC:
HTTPS://WWW.EMERGENCYINFOBC.GOV.BC.CA/
FOLLOW ALL EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS RELEVANT TO YOUR LOCATION.
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 AND MADE
AVAILABLE ON THE PROVINCE'S AIR QUALITY WARNINGS WEBPAGE:
HTTPS://AQWARNINGS.GOV.BC.CA/
REGIONS INCLUDED UNDER THIS AIR QUALITY WARNING:
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE: INCLUDES SLOCAN, NEW DENVER, NAKUSP, AND
FAUQUIER.
B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER: INCLUDES CHETWYND, DAWSON CREEK, POUCE
COUPE, AND TUMBLER RIDGE.
CARIBOO (NORTH): INCLUDES QUESNEL, WELLS AND BOWRON LAKE PARK.
CHILCOTIN: INCLUDES HANSVILLE, ALEXIS CREEK, CHILANKO FORKS, TATLA
LAKE, NIMPO LAKE, ANAHIM LAKE, AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TWEEDSMUIR
PARK.
KOOTENAY LAKE: INCLUDES CRESTON AND KASLO.
MANNING - SKAGIT VALLEY: INCLUDES SUNSHINE VALLEY, MANNING PARK, AND
EASTGATE.
MCGREGOR: INCLUDES THE NORTHERN END OF THE ROBSON VALLEY EXTENDING
FROM HANSARD TO DOME CREEK(SEMICOLON) EXTENDS NORTH TO MONKMAN PARK.
PRINCE GEORGE: INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE, HWY 16 BEDNESTI
TO UPPER FRASER, AND HWY 97 HIXON TO THE SOUTH END OF MCLEOD LAKE.
WEST COLUMBIA: INCLUDES REVELSTOKE.
WEST KOOTENAY: INCLUDES NELSON, CASTLEGAR, TRAIL, ROSSLAND.
AS SMOKE LEVELS INCREASE, HEALTH RISKS INCREASE. LIMIT TIME
OUTDOORS. CONSIDER REDUCING OR RESCHEDULING OUTDOOR SPORTS,
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.
YOU MAY EXPERIENCE MILD AND COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE, NOSE AND
THROAT IRRITATION, HEADACHES OR A MILD COUGH. MORE SERIOUS BUT LESS
COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WHEEZING, CHEST PAINS OR SEVERE COUGH. IF
YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE.
PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION,
INCLUDING PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER, PREGNANT PEOPLE, INFANTS AND
YOUNG CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING ILLNESS OR CHRONIC HEALTH
CONDITION, AND PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTDOORS, SHOULD REDUCE OR RESCHEDULE
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.
WHEN INDOORS, KEEP WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT OCCURRING WITH POOR AIR QUALITY,
PRIORITIZE KEEPING COOL.
PROTECT YOUR INDOOR AIR FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE. ACTIONS CAN INCLUDE
USING A CLEAN, GOOD QUALITY AIR FILTER IN YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM
AND/OR A CERTIFIED PORTABLE AIR CLEANER THAT CAN FILTER FINE
PARTICLES.
IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS, A WELL-CONSTRUCTED, WELL-FITTING
AND PROPERLY WORN RESPIRATOR TYPE MASK (SUCH AS A NIOSH-CERTIFIED
N95 OR EQUIVALENT RESPIRATOR) CAN REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE FINE
PARTICLES IN THE SMOKE. EVEN THOUGH EXPOSURE MAY BE REDUCED, THERE
CAN STILL BE RISKS TO HEALTH.
CHECK IN ON OTHERS WHO ARE IN YOUR CARE OR LIVE NEARBY WHO MAY BE
MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION.
ALWAYS FOLLOW GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
LEARN MORE AT HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/WILDFIRE-SMOKE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CURRENT AIR QUALITY, VISIT
HTTPS://WWW2.GOV.BC.CA/GOV/CONTENT/ENVIRONMENT/AIR-LAND-WATER/AIR.
VISIT HTTP://WWW.AIRHEALTH.CA FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REDUCE YOUR
HEALTH RISK AND YOUR PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO POLLUTION LEVELS, AS
WELL AS FOR CURRENT AND FORECAST AQHI VALUES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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