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Burn day smoke tools

Back to smoke management permits
 
 
1.  Are today's smoke conditions OK for burning?
  • Air quality alerts.
  • Guide to weather forecasts for smoke permits.
  • Ventilation Adjective Rating thresholds.
  • National Weather Service tabular forecast.

2.  Do the paperwork.

  • Download forms.
  • Notify county smoke contacts.

 

3.  Monitor the smoke.

Visual monitoring

  • Smoke monitoring form with tips.
  • Guide to estimating particulate concentrations. This is for well-mixed smoke, which usually starts several miles downwind.
  • Reference photos, smoke at various ventilation adjectives.
  • Reference photos, various concentrations of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5).
Instrument monitoring 
  • Instruments available to government employees.
  • DustTrak users guide.
    • DustTrak data analysis spreadsheet. Instructions start with how to download the data.
  • eSampler users guide.
 

     

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