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AEUS75 KPUB 022110  
AQAPUB  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE  
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
210 PM MST SAT MAR 2 2024  
 
COC011-031600-  
BENT-  
210 PM MST SAT MAR 2 2024  
 
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 1000 PM  
SATURDAY UNTIL 900 AM SUNDAY...  
 
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS  
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...  
 
WHAT...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.  
 
WHERE...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BENT COUNTY. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT  
ARE NOT LIMITED TO, FORT LYON, HASTY, MCCLAVE, AND AREAS NEAR JOHN  
MARTIN RESERVOIR STATE PARK.  
 
WHEN...1000 PM SATURDAY MARCH 02 TO 900 AM SUNDAY MARCH 03  
 
IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM THE BOGGSVILLE WILDFIRE, LOCATED 2 MILES  
SOUTHEAST OF LAS ANIMAS, WILL AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH  
SATURDAY EVENING AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
HEALTH INFORMATION...PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS: IF SMOKE IS  
THICK OR BECOMES THICK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU MAY WANT TO REMAIN  
INDOORS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE,  
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, THE VERY YOUNG, AND THE ELDERLY. CONSIDER  
LIMITING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY WHEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE IS PRESENT.  
CONSIDER RELOCATING TEMPORARILY IF SMOKE IS PRESENT INDOORS AND IS  
MAKING YOU ILL. IF VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 5 MILES IN SMOKE IN  
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SMOKE HAS REACHED LEVELS THAT ARE UNHEALTHY.  
 

 
 
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