Air Quality

With a potentially active 2026 fire season ahead, Pacific Northwest health agencies are urging residents to prepare for wildfire smoke events. Here's how to monitor air quality and protect your household.

With forecasters warning of an active 2026 smoke season across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, here’s how to monitor air quality in real time, understand AQI levels, and protect your health during wildfire smoke events.

Pacific Northwest air quality agencies are urging residents to prepare for wildfire smoke ahead of what could be a significant 2026 smoke season. Drought and fuel conditions are raising concerns about air quality impacts across Oregon and Washington.

With active fires already producing smoke in Central Oregon and a severe season forecast, Pacific Northwest residents should know how to track air quality and protect themselves during smoke events.

With a potentially severe smoke season approaching, Pacific Northwest air quality agencies are urging residents to prepare now with air purifiers, N95 masks, and real-time monitoring tools before wildfire smoke arrives in earnest this summer.

When wildfire smoke fills the sky, air quality index readings tell a life-or-death story — here's how monitoring works and what the numbers really mean for your health.