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WOCN22 CYQX 062034
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR LABRADOR
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
AT 5:34 P.M. ADT FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= LABRADOR CITY AND WABUSH
CHURCHILL FALLS AND VICINITY
CHURCHILL VALLEY
UPPER LAKE MELVILLE
EAGLE RIVER
HOPEDALE AND VICINITY
POSTVILLE - MAKKOVIK
RIGOLET AND VICINITY
CARTWRIGHT TO BLACK TICKLE.
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==DISCUSSION==
SMOKE FROM DISTANT FOREST FIRES WILL CAUSE A REDUCTION TO AIR
QUALITY.
LOCATIONS: WESTERN AND CENTRAL LABRADOR AND ALONG THE COAST FROM
HOPEDALE TO CARTWRIGHT.
TIME SPAN: TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
REMARKS: SMOKE FROM NUMEROUS WILDFIRES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN CANADA
ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING PARTS OF WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND NORTHERN
LABRADOR. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ASSOCIATED HAZE WILL LIKELY GIVE THE SUN A
REDDISH APPEARANCE.
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
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