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Air Quality and Wildfire Smoke Resources

Photo credit: Alberta Wildfire Facebook Page

To help you stay informed about wildfires and current air quality conditions in the Peace River area, throughout Alberta, and across North America, PRAMP has collected the following helpful resources (also available on the PRAMP website):

  • PRAMP PurpleAir Microsensor Network
  • "BlueSky" Modelling for North America
  • Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard
  • Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)

PRAMP continues to operate and provide data from five air monitoring stations in the region, including the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) Station in Grimshaw. 

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PRAMP PurpleAir Microsensor Network

PRAMP has a small network of PurpleAir microsensors that can detect particulate matter (PM). PurpleAir sensors are small, inexpensive, easy to install, and operate requiring only a power source and Wi-Fi connection. While data from these sensors lack the precision for official pollution statistics, regulatory reporting, and issuing air quality advisories, they do provide a general idea of the PM concentrations in the 1000s of communities worldwide in which they monitor.

Click on the button below to view the PurpleAir Map with real-time air quality in the PRAMP region and beyond.

PurpleAir Map

"BlueSky" Modelling for North America

BlueSky is a software framework that consists of data and models of fuel consumption, emissions, fire, weather, and dispersion. These are linked together into a single system that produces forecasts of hourly ground-level concentrations of PM2.5 from wildfires up to 48 hours into the future. Twice per day, an animation is published that shows the forecast (or predicted) movement of smoke plumes and the corresponding 1-hour PM2.5 concentrations.

Firesmoke Forecasts

Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard

The Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard provides an overall look at the current wildfire situation across Alberta. The site includes wildfire status for each of the province’s 10 forest areas, including the Peace River Area. Alberta Wildfire provides links to report a wildfire, find the status and location of wildfires, fire restrictions and bans, and learn more about wildfire prevention.

Alberta Wildfire Dashboard

Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)

Up-to-date information about the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) can be found on the PRAMP home page and Government of Alberta website.

The AQHI helps you understand what the air quality around you means to your health. The AQHI is a tool that relates the air quality outside to your health, using a scale from 1 to 10. The lower the number, the lower the risk.

AQHI Map
Questions/Comments about Air Quality?
Our portable AQHI station will be moving from its current location outside the Grimshaw Town Office in the Fall 2023. As part of PRAMP’s consultation process, we have developed a short public survey to allow residents to advise us of their air quality monitoring concerns.

Through the survey, regional residents will have an opportunity to express questions or comments regarding air quality throughout our Airshed or in their specific area.

*Due to the wildfires in the region, we are extending the period for the AQHI station consultation survey. The survey will now be open until Friday, July 21, and is available on our website.
 
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