{"id":85305,"date":"2023-09-01T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cachc.ca\/?p=85305"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:41:22","slug":"community-health-centres-and-wildfire-smoke-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cachc.ca\/fr\/community-health-centres-and-wildfire-smoke-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Health Centres and Wildfire Smoke Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row padding_top=\u00a0\u00bb0″ padding_bottom=\u00a0\u00bb0″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\u00a0\u00bbCommunity Health Centres and Wildfire Smoke Awareness\u00a0\u00bb font_container=\u00a0\u00bbtag:h3|text_align:left\u00a0\u00bb use_theme_fonts=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]Community health centres can play an important role in raising awareness on how individuals and their families can protect themselves from wildfire smoke.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Smoke from wildfires can be a major source of air pollution for people in Canada. Wildfire smoke may be carried hundreds or thousands of kilometres and can impact communities far away from the fire zone.
Wildfire smoke is a complex mixture of gases, particles, and water vapour. It is the fine particles (PM2.5), not visible to the human eye, that get deep into our lungs and bloodstream. These fine particles are the main health risk from wildfire smoke.
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Everyone\u2019s health is at risk from wildfire smoke but people at higher risk include seniors, pregnant people, people who smoke, infants and young children, people who spend a lot of time outdoors, and people with an existing illness or chronic health conditions.
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During wildfires smoke events, community health centres can advise their clients of the following actions to reduce their exposure:<\/strong>
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