This fact sheet from AirNow explains how schools, organizations, and communities can use a color-coded flag system based on the U.S. EPA’s Air Quality Index (AQI) to communicate daily air quality levels, helping people take actions to protect their health during periods of poor air quality.

This checklist from the American National Red Cross offers individuals and families essential steps for preparing for a wildfire, including the importance of staying informed, creating defensible space around your home, developing an evacuation plan, assembling a "go-kits" and "stay-at-home" kit, and reducing wildfire smoke exposure.

This activity sheet from the Keep Oregon Green Association guides homeowners on how to safely burn backyard debris like brush, tree limbs, leaves, and other plant materials to prevent wildfires.

This multi-stakeholder workgroup report offers parents/caregivers, health practitioners, educators, and policymakers evidence-based strategies to protect children's health from wildfire smoke exposure, including best practices for protecting indoor air quality in school settings.

This review article summarizes the current knowledge and knowledge gaps in the health effects of wildfire smoke in children, as well as public health tools for protecting children from wildfire smoke, including low-cost sensor data, respirators, and managing exposures in school environments.

This website from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides useful tools and strategies to implement a radon testing as part of a comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) management program for schools.

This fact sheet from the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (WSPEHSU) provides guidance on the safe and effective use of masks to protect children and pregnant people from wildfire smoke.

The Smokewise Ashland website provides useful information on preventing, preparing, and responding to wildfire events, including guidance for local business, schools, and community groups during wildfire smoke events. 

This collection of fact sheets from AirNow includes a variety of topics relevant to wildfire safety. Some Spanish language fact sheets are available as well.

This website from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers parents and caregivers essential guidance on protecting children from wildfire smoke, including monitoring air quality, minimizing outdoor exposure, recognizing symptoms, and understanding the appropriate use of masks and respirators for children.

This fact sheet from AirNow provides parents, caregivers, and healthcare providers with essential information on reducing children's exposure to wildfire smoke and ash, recognizing symptoms of exposure, and creating safe indoor environments.

This fact sheet from AirNow provides practical tips for reducing wildfire smoke exposure indoors and outdoors and useful information on how to reduce your risk of health problems during smoke events.