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WOCN24 CWHX 231917
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA, THE NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH
AT 4:17 P.M. ADT TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
GRAND LAKE AND QUEENS COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
WILDFIRE SMOKE MAY BE REDUCING LOCAL AIR QUALITY.
LOCATIONS: NORTHERN QUEENS COUNTY (EAST OF THE VILLAGE OF CHIPMAN).
SHORT RANGE WIND FORECAST: BECOMING NORTHERLY 20 KM/H THIS EVENING
THEN LIGHT OVERNIGHT. WINDS NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KM/H ON WEDNESDAY.
REMARKS: SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE MAY LEAD TO REDUCED AIR QUALITY IN
ITS VICINITY AND DIRECTLY DOWNWIND. SMOKE CONDITIONS WILL VARY
LOCALLY AS WIND AND FIRE BEHAVIOUR CHANGES.
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.
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.
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.
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
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