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WOCN21 CWNT 042126
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE AND MACKENZIE RIVER AREAS OF THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
DEPARTMENTS OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL
SERVICES
AT 3:26 P.M. MDT MONDAY 4 AUGUST 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= FT. SIMPSON REGION INCLUDING JEAN MARIE RIVER
YELLOWKNIFE REGION.
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
FT. RESOLUTION REGION INCLUDING HWY. 6.
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==DISCUSSION==
SMOKE IS CAUSING POOR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WILL
BRING SOME RELIEF FROM THE SMOKE TONIGHT.
AIR QUALITY AND VISIBILITY DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE CAN FLUCTUATE OVER
SHORT DISTANCES AND CAN VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM HOUR TO HOUR.
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.
ISSUED JOINTLY BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
DEPARTMENTS OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AND YOUR HEALTH, PLEASE VISIT
THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
AT
HTTPS://WWW.HSS.GOV.NT.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH/AIR-QUALITY.
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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