Time is Running Out! Register Now for Tomorrow’s Webinar—Managing Indoor Air Quality Before and During Wildfire Smoke Events: Smoke-Ready Schools!

Register for Tomorrow’s Webinar!

Managing Indoor Air Quality Before and During Wildfire Smoke Events: Smoke-Ready Schools Tuesday, April 15, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

This webinar will discuss managing IAQ during wildfire smoke events, using schools as a case study. It will provide public health and safety professionals, facility managers, and school administrators with actionable strategies and technical resources to prepare for and respond to wildfire smoke events using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s IAQ Tools for Schools resources and Wildfires and IAQ in Schools and Commercial Buildings guidance, as well as the newly released ASHRAE Guideline 44-2024 as a basis for planning and action.

Attend this webinar to—

• Increase awareness of wildfire smoke risks and health impacts on children, especially those with asthma.
• Discover actionable strategies to improve IAQ in preparation for and response to wildfire smoke events.
• Receive clear guidance on ventilation, filtration, and emergency preparedness, incorporating EPA guidance and the ASHRAE Guideline 44-2024 for wildfire smoke events.
• Learn real-world examples and best practices from school districts, state air programs, and health departments that have successfully managed exposure to wildfire smoke indoors in schools.
• Gather technical resources to prepare for wildfire smoke and/or related exposures and make necessary building improvements.

Featured Speakers

EPA Facilitator

• Matthew Hiester, M.P.A., M.A., Environmental Protection Specialist, Center for Asthma and Schools, Indoor Environments Division, EPA

Speakers

• Annie Doubleday, Ph.D., M.P.H., Ambient Air Quality Epidemiologist, Environmental Public Health Division, Office of Environmental Public Health Sciences, Washington State Department of Health
  
  
• Orly Stampfer, Ph.D., M.P.H., Indoor Air Quality Epidemiologist, Environmental Public Health Division, Office of Environmental Public Health Sciences, Washington State Department of Health
  
  
• Mike Gallagher, PE, Fellow ASHRAE, President, Western Allied Corporation
  
  
• Gretchen Pflueger, M.Ed., Special Projects Manager, Bellingham Public Schools, Washington

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The EPA offers free IAQ Tools for Schools resources to help schools maintain a healthy indoor environment by identifying, correcting, and preventing IAQ problems. Learn more about the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance and access other valuable school environmental health resources at www.epa.gov/iaq-schools.

If you have questions about the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance, please contact iaqschools@epa.gov.