Burn day smoke tools

• Air quality alerts.
• Guide to weather forecasts for smoke permits.
• Ventilation Adjective Rating thresholds.
• National Weather Service tabular forecast.

2. Do the paperwork.

• Download forms.
• Notify county smoke contacts.

3. Monitor the smoke.

Visual monitoring

• Smoke monitoring form with tips.
• Guide to estimating particulate concentrations. This is for well-mixed smoke, which usually starts several miles downwind.
• Reference photos, smoke at various ventilation adjectives.
• Reference photos, various concentrations of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5).

Instrument monitoring

• Fine particulate monitoring available for deployment. 
• PurpleAir user guide. 
• eSampler users guide.