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Your Environment

Wildfires

See Current Major Events page for latest wildfire updates for the Interior Health region.

Wildfires can affect your health and safety in many ways. The following provides information on steps you can take to prepare for a wildfire and manage wildfire-related issues.

Please contact your family physician, nurse practitioner, Nation-based health clinician, or other primary care provider for information about your specific health situation.

Preparing for a wildfire

PreparedBC.ca – preparation for you and your family; difference between an alert and an order
HealthLinkBC – wildfires and your health
Red Cross first response for emergency and disaster services

During a wildfire

Wildfire News and Information

Interior Health Current Major Events page
BC Centre for Disease Control - Double trouble: Wildfires and COVID-19 in the summer of 2020
BC Wildfires

Emergency Services BC - latest evacuation orders
Drive BC
IH Facebook page
IH Twitter feed

Air/Smoke Related Resources

Frequently asked questions: Smoky Skies
BC Air Quality Health Index for your area
BC Centre for Disease Control – wildfire smoke and its health impacts
BC Centre for Disease Control – wildfires and COVID-19
HealthLinkBC – particulate matter and outdoor air pollution
FireWork – daily smoke forecast maps

Audio Clips

Listen to these air/smoke/health tips from Dr. Sue Pollock, Interior Health Medical Health Officer:

After a wildfire

Recovery Resources

Re-entering your home after a wildfire
Wildfire recovery programs – individual, family, business, agriculture, First Nations
Guide to disaster recovery, one step at a time
Red Cross Guide fire recovery guide for home owners
Coping with a natural disaster - BCDisasterStress.ca

Health Resources

Additional emergency information for

Natural disaster mental health resources

gov.bc.ca/NaturalDisasterHealth
BCDisasterStress.ca
First Nations Health Authority - www.fnha.ca/wildfires

As a step towards reconciliation, Interior Health acknowledges the land that we live, work, and play on as the traditional territories of the Dakelh Dene, Ktunaxa, Nlaka’pamux, Secwepemc, St’at’imc, Syilx and Tsilhqot’in peoples. It is with humility that we continue to strengthen our relationships with the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit peoples of the interior.