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WOCN21 CWHX 241230
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
AT 9:30 A.M. ADT SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH AND COBEQUID PASS
ANNAPOLIS COUNTY
KINGS COUNTY
CUMBERLAND COUNTY - MINAS SHORE.
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==DISCUSSION==
SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE MAY BE REDUCING LOCAL AIR QUALITY.
LOCATIONS: ANNAPOLIS COUNTY, KINGS COUNTY AND NORTHERN CUMBERLAND
COUNTY.
SHORT RANGE WIND FORECAST: SOUTHWEST 10 KM/H BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20
GUSTING TO 40 KM/H EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H
THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H ON MONDAY.
REMARKS: SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE NEAR LONG LAKE IN ANNAPOLIS COUNTY IS
REDUCING AIR QUALITY IN THE AREA AND LOCATIONS DOWNWIND. LOCAL SMOKE
CONCENTRATIONS WILL VARY WITH SMALL CHANGES TO WIND SPEED OR
DIRECTION.
PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY WILDFIRE SMOKE, 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 AVOID STRENUOUS
ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF EXPERIENCING
SYMPTOMS.
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.
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.
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
END/ASPC
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