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WOCN21 CWWG 111613
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR MANITOBA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND MANITOBA HEALTH
AT 11:13 A.M. CDT MONDAY 11 AUGUST 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
CITY OF WINNIPEG
STEINBACH - ST. ADOLPHE - EMERSON - VITA - RICHER
SELKIRK - GIMLI - STONEWALL - WOODLANDS
DUGALD - BEAUSEJOUR - GRAND BEACH
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN
MORDEN - WINKLER - ALTONA - MORRIS
BISSETT - VICTORIA BEACH - NOPIMING PROV. PARK - PINE FALLS
WHITESHELL - LAC DU BONNET - PINAWA
SPRAGUE - NORTHWEST ANGLE PROVINCIAL FOREST
BRANDON - NEEPAWA - CARBERRY - TREHERNE
KILLARNEY - PILOT MOUND - MANITOU
MELITA - BOISSEVAIN - TURTLE MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL PARK
ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN
BERENS RIVER - LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS - BLOODVEIN - ATIKAKI
POPLAR RIVER
GRAND RAPIDS - WATERHEN.
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
VIRDEN - SOURIS.
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==DISCUSSION==
SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES OVER THE NORTHERN PRAIRIES WILL CONTINUE
PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA MONDAY.
SOME REGIONS IN THE INTERLAKE MAY REMAIN IN THE STATEMENT DESPITE
IMPROVING CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. YET ANOTHER PLUME OF SMOKE WILL
MOVE SOUTHWARDS TONIGHT, PROVIDING ONLY A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM THE
POOR AIR QUALITY.
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.
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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