Its Gonna Burn: Addressing Health Impacts of Landfire Smoke HOW - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

It’s Gonna Burn: Addressing Health Impacts of Landfire Smoke HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS HARMING HEALTH AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC Lauren Thie, MSPH NC BREATHE 2018

AFFECTING HEALTH DIRECTLY AIR POLLUTION Increased wildfires can lead to: asthma attacks More Vulnerable: People with heart and respiratory conditions such as heart disease, asthma, or chronic lung disease

What Communities Can Do PUBLIC HEALTH HARMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

BRACE CDC’s framework for climate and health adaptation BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST CLIMATE EFFECTS https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/default.htm

LANDFIRE SMOKE What Communities Can Do Climate and Health Intervention Assessment • Evacuation, Air Filtration, Personal Air Masks, Forecast Systems, Public Service Announcements https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/docs/ClimateAndHealthInterve ntionAssessment_508.pdf

What Individuals Can Do PUBLIC HEALTH HARMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

AIR POLLUTION What Individuals Can Do Monitor Air Quality Index and Stay Indoors When particulate matter or ozone levels are high: • Stay indoors if you have asthma, heart problems, or are otherwise at risk • Cancel outdoor activities or move to air- conditioned location

Adapting to the New Normal What We Are Doing in North Carolina LASTING IMPACT UNIQUE OFFERING OUR SOLUTION Smokey Bear is taught throughout Healthy Smokey Bear to Use GIS mapping to identify the US. Successful health teach kids in the most vulnerable communities and messaging in Hoke County may vulnerable county to take neighborhoods translate nationally. protective actions

Thanks! • US EPA • CDC Climate and Health Cooperative Agreement 1 NUE1EH001316-01 • US Forest Service • NC Forest Service • Hoke County stakeholders • The Nature Conservancy Photo Credits Questions? • Lauren Thie lauren.thie@dhhs.nc.gov • The Nature Conservancy 919-707-5931 • US Forest Service