Learn About Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality
Smoke from wildfires can make its way inside, making the air indoors unhealthy to breathe. Visit EPA's Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality webpages to learn more about the impacts of wildfires on indoor air quality in homes, schools and commercial buildings. Find guidance and resources on how to prepare for wildfire smoke events and learn what you can do during and following a wildfire to protect you and your indoor air quality.
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Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality
Learn steps that you can take to reduce wildfire smoke in your home and protect your indoor air quality.
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Create a Clean Room in Your Home
Learn how to create a clean room to protect your health and indoor air quality during a wildfire.
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Schools and Commercial Buildings
Learn strategies for reducing levels of smoke indoors in schools and commercial buildings.
Find Resources
Find resources and information on promoting healthy indoor air quality during and following wildfires.
What EPA is Doing
EPA's Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant Program is a federal grant program to enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness. The program provides grants to states, federally recognized tribes, public preschools, local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations for the assessment, prevention, control and/or abatement of wildfire smoke hazards in community buildings and related activities.
EPA participated in the development of ASHRAE Guideline 44: Protecting Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire and Prescribed Burn Events. The purpose of the Guideline is to recommend building measures to minimize occupant health impacts from wildfire and prescribed burn smoke events. The focus of the guideline is on commercial, institutional and multi-unit residential buildings. It is the first guideline of its kind to provide recommendations to help building owners and managers prepare for and respond to smoke. The guideline is available from the ASHRAE Bookstore.