740   
WOCN23 CWNT 140817  
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT  
FOR THE KIVALLIQ AREA OF NUNAVUT  
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT  
AT 3:17 A.M. CDT WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2024.  
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:  
      ARVIAT.  
  
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT ENDED FOR:  
      RANKIN REGION INCLUDING WHALE COVE.  
  
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==DISCUSSION==  
  
SMOKE IS CAUSING OR EXPECTED TO CAUSE POOR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCED   
VISIBILITY.  
  
AIR QUALITY AND VISIBILITY DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE ORIGINATING FROM   
FOREST FIRES IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES CAN FLUCTUATE OVER SHORT   
DISTANCES AND CAN VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM HOUR TO HOUR.   
  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE   
REGION WITH THE CONTINUING PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT INTO   
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
  
THE FINE PARTICLES IN WILDFIRE SMOKE POSE THE MAIN HEALTH RISK. AS   
SMOKE LEVELS INCREASE, HEALTH RISKS INCREASE.   
  
PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY WILDFIRE SMOKE INCLUDE SENIORS,   
PREGNANT WOMEN AND PREGNANT PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO SMOKE, INFANTS AND   
YOUNG CHILDREN, PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTDOORS, PEOPLE INVOLVED IN   
STRENUOUS OUTDOOR EXERCISE AND PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING ILLNESS OR   
CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION. THOSE WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED   
SHOULD REDUCE OR RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS OR SEEK   
MEDICAL ATTENTION IF EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.   
  
LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND IF YOU EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS, CONSIDER   
REDUCING OR STOPPING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SYMPTOMS CAN   
INCLUDE MILDER AND MORE COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE, NOSE AND THROAT   
IRRITATION, AS WELL AS SERIOUS BUT LESS COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS   
CHEST PAINS OR SEVERE COUGH. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL   
EMERGENCY, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.   
  
LIMIT TIME OUTDOORS. 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. ALWAYS SEEK OUT AND   
FOLLOW HEALTH GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.   
  
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 PURIFIER THAT CAN FILTER FINE   
PARTICLES.   
  
WHEN SPENDING 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 WILDFIRE SMOKE.   
  
TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.   
  
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/PASPC  
 
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