Smoke – Other Information

The following links are to background documents or other information on smoke management. Most of these links will take you out of NMED’s web site.

Smoke and Health Links

• Wildfire Smoke and Your Health
• American Lung Association, Forest Fires and Respiratory Health Factsheet
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fires and Your Health

Federal Agency Information

• Interagency Real-Time Smoke Particulate Monitoring Web Site – This site shows the locations and results of real-time air quality monitoring by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish & Wildlife Service.
• U.S. National Fire Plan – Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
• ICS 209 Smoke Management Supplement Instructions
• ICS 209 Smoke Reporting – Supplemental Form
• Southwest Area Wildland Fire Operations Website
• National Wildfire Coordinating Group Emissions and Smoke Portal

Open Burning

• New Mexico Open Burning page – be sure to follow open burning requirements for burns of 10 acres or less per day, or 1,000 cubic feet of pile volume or less per day.

Other States Smoke Management Programs

• Arizona Smoke Management Program
• Colorado Smoke Management Program
• Utah Smoke Management Program

Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) Smoke Resources

• WRAP Policy on Enhanced Smoke Management Programs for Visibility
• WRAP Fire Categorization Policy
• WRAP Policy on Annual Emissions Goals for Fire
• WRAP Policy on Fire Tracking Systems
• WRAP Documents on Alternatives to Fire
  • Alternatives to Agricultural Burning (ZIP file – very large)
  • Alternatives to Wildland Fires
• WRAP surveys of states on smoke management programs:
  • Digest of questions asked of states on wildland and agricultural burning programs
  • WRAP Wildland Survey results
  • WRAP Agricultural Survey results
• Non-Burning Management Alternatives on Agricultural Lands, Volume 1 and Volume 2, prepared by the Eastern Research Group for the Fire Emissions Joint Forum of the WRAP, May 15, 2002.

Other Information

• Screening Tool for Smoke Impact Area
• Map of Class I Areas in New Mexico
• Map of NM Air Basins and Fire Management Zones
• EPA Interim Fire Policy (1998)

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