The California Wildfire Smoke Response Coordination outlines the collaboration tools developed over the past several years by federal, state, local, and tribal agencies who have been involved in wildland fire smoke air monitoring and responses in California. The documents purpose is to provide useful information and resources to agencies seeking assistance in protecting the public’s health from the impacts of smoke during catastrophic fires. The document is not intended to be an official guidance but rather serve as a dynamic roadmap and tool for wildfire smoke response coordination in California.

This document is prepared under the auspices of the California Air Response Planning Alliance (CARPA) and the California Interagency Air and Smoke Council (IASC) and reflects the proceedings from the inaugural joint workshop held by these two organizations on April 30 - May 1, 2014 at the Wildland Fire Training and Conference Center at McClellan Business Park in Sacramento, CA. It was also developed in collaboration with California’s neighboring states Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon who are also in various stages of developing similar smoke response coordination programs.

Overview of Combined Heat and Air Quality Events

Ozone and Heat Chart for Schools

Cal OES has posted their list of Training Opportunities . Training and exercise opportunities are offered by a variety of state, local, and federal agencies for emergency response and preparedness.

TRAIN is a free service of Public Health Foundation and operates through collaborative partnerships with state and federal agencies, local and national organizations, and educational institutions. TRAIN Training Opportunities will keep you informed of the latest public health trainings for your area or expertise.

The Public Health Foundation’s TRAIN Team would like to invite public health, workforce development, public safety, and emergency preparedness leaders to webinar demonstrations on TRAIN’s functions and features and how to post courses to TRAIN.

Below are the presentation slides from the Interagency Air and Smoke Council/CARPA Spring 2014 Workshop held April 30th - May 1st:

• 2013 Air Monitoring Coordination
• 2013 E-Bams for Emergency Response
• IASC Interagency Coordination Data Analysis
• Sampling Plan and Coordinated Monitoring
• Wildfire Smoke Health Metrics and Messaging
• Winter Drought 2013-2014
• Public Information Coordination

2015 IASC/CARPA Workshop: Managing Smoke Impacts
May 13th and 14th 2015

California Air Resources Board/Monitoring and Laboratory Division
1927 13th Street Sacramento, Ca. 95811

Powerpoint Presentations, Videos, and Web Links:

Link to the workshop agenda: http://www.arb.ca.gov/carpa/iasccarpa2015program.pdf

In lieu of the annual IASC/CARPA Meeting, OER presented emergency air monitoring information to several districts around California in 2016. The packet and presentation materials can be found below:

Response Coordination, Air Monitoring Data Gathering and Management Presentation

California Smoke Information Blog Presentation

Overview of FEMA and CalOES Reimbursement Process

E-BAM Presentation

Air Emergency Response Preparedness Packet