Wildfire Smoke Season Is Here: What Can You Do When the Air Is Unhealthy?

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 09/11/2020 04:14 PM PDT

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Wildfire Smoke Season Is Here: What Can You Do When the Air Is Unhealthy?

As the wildfires continue across our state and the West Coast, and air quality in some parts of King County reaches unhealthy levels, it’s important to stay safe, indoors and informed.

Here are three valuable resources to monitor air quality in real-time across Washington state, keep indoor air quality safe, and learn about wildfire updates and forecasts:

Washington State Department of Ecology’s Air Quality Monitoring Network map >>> https://enviwa.ecology.wa.gov/home/map
Public Health – Seattle & King County’s Public Health Insider provides tips on how to keep your indoor air quality safe and healthy when it’s smoky outside >>> https://publichealthinsider.com/2020/09/09/how-to-keep-indoor-air-clean-on-smoky-days/
The Washington Smoke Blog is a partnership of many state, county and federal agencies and Indian Tribes to provide people information and forecasts about wildfire smoke across Washington >>> https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/

Click on the above map to view Washington's Air Quality Monitoring Network Map

New Healthy Air Center Opened for People Experiencing Homelessness

Additionally, today King County, in partnership with the City of Seattle, has opened a regional Healthy Air Center. The site, located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, will open this afternoon for people experiencing homelessness during the wildfire smoke this weekend. It will provide approximately 80 people with healthy air and shelter.

King County’s Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program is Now Live!

Tens of thousands of King County residents are at increased risk of eviction because of the ongoing pandemic and its effects which include illness, loss of income and unemployment.

King County is responding by rapidly deploying a new $41 million Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program in partnership with community organizations to help those who have been unable to meet rent obligations and are at risk for eviction.

Tenants, small landlords, large property landlords and managers, manufactured home park owners and managers, and local nonprofits may now submit applications of interest to the Program.

Learn more here >>>

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Sincerely,

Claudia Balducci
King County Council
Council Chair
District 6