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Latest Information and Upcoming Events
New CAPCOA Representative
Congratulations to Douglas Gearhart of Lake County Air Quality Management District.
Mr. Gearhart joined the Lake County Air Quality Management District (LCAQMD) in 2003 as an Air Quality Technician responsible for the monitoring program, permitted source inspections, and burn program inspections and enforcement activities. One month later, he was moved up to the Air Quality Engineer position for the LCAQMD followed by the Senior Air Quality Engineer position and Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer.
In 2008, he was appointed by the LCAQMD Board of Directors as the Air Pollution Control Officer. His current responsibilities include all District functions, including Budget, Toxics, Emergency Response, Monitoring, Compliance, Permitting, Engineering, and Enforcement. With these new responsibilities, he is still actively involved in field activities including all emergency response air monitoring activities. Doug has a MS in Geology, concentrating on environmental monitoring and remediation, from Eastern Washington University, Cheney and a BS in Geology from the University of California, Davis.
2017 Wildfire Smoke Air Response and After-Action Review
January 10th 2018
75 Hawthorne St, San Francisco, CA
On January 10th, 2018 members of APCDs, AQMDs, US EPA, CARB, USFS, tribals and others met to review 2017's wildfire smoke air response. The two major topics of discussion were the Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara County and the LNU complexes in Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties. Affected APCDs and AQMDs shared their experiences during the incidents and what they learned. Later in the afternoon, an open ended discussion was conducted covering topics regarding smoke mitigation, modeling, monitoring, coordination, messaging, and guidance. Finally, the group closed the meeting by discussing and prioritizing future needs.
For a copy of the agenda and logistics click here.
Below are the presentations and discussion minutes:
| - October 2017 Northern California Wildfires by BAAQMD |
| - Thomas Fire and Air Quality by SBAPCD |
| - 2017 Wildfire Smoke Air Response and After-Action Review Minutes |
Emergency Response Tools
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.
Current, Continuous, and Upcoming Training Opportunities
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.
Historical Archives
Below are the presentation slides from the Interagency Air and Smoke Council/CARPA Spring 2014 Workshop held April 30th - May 1st:
2015 IASC/CARPA Workshop: Managing Smoke Impacts
May 13th and 14th 2015
1927 13th Street Sacramento, Ca. 95811
Powerpoint Presentations, Videos, and Web Links:
May 13th
May 14th
Link to the workshop agenda: http://www.arb.ca.gov/carpa/iasccarpa2015program.pdf
2017 IASC Workshop: Managing Smoke Impacts
May 2nd and 3rd 2017
Room N117 - Banning Room
For a copy of the agenda and logistics click here.
Wildfire Smoke, A Guide for Public Health Officials, 2016, is now available !!!
The Wildfire Smoke, A Guide for Public Health Officials, which was last revised in 2008, is designed to help local public health officials prepare for smoke events, to take measures to protect the public when smoke is present, and communicate with the public about wildfire smoke and health. The draft has been updated with the assistance and expertise from a number of federal and state agencies. Please "test drive" this version during the 2016 wildfire season and send us feedback.
In lieu of the annual IASC/CARPA Meeting, IAMS presented emergency air monitoring information to several districts around California in 2016. The packet and presentation materials can be found below:
This page last reviewed January 23, 2018.
This website provides information about the California Air Response Planning Alliance (CARPA), a network of local, state, and federal air and public health agencies and resources joined together to improve coordinated response to major air releases and emergencies with air quality impacts. The California Air Resources Board is one of the partners in this Alliance and maintains this CARPA website.
