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Its 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

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HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS HARMING HEALTH AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC Lauren Thie, MSPH NC BREATHE 2018

It’s Gonna Burn: Addressing Health Impacts of Landfire Smoke

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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

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PUBLIC HEALTH HARMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

What Communities Can Do

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BRACE

CDC’s framework for climate and health adaptation

BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST CLIMATE EFFECTS

https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/default.htm

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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

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PUBLIC HEALTH HARMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

What Individuals Can Do

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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,
  • r are otherwise at risk
  • Cancel outdoor activities or move to air-

conditioned location

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Adapting to the New Normal

What We Are Doing in North Carolina

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

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Thanks!

  • US EPA
  • CDC Climate and Health Cooperative Agreement 1 NUE1EH001316-01
  • US Forest Service
  • NC Forest Service
  • Hoke County stakeholders
  • The Nature Conservancy

Questions?

lauren.thie@dhhs.nc.gov 919-707-5931 Photo Credits

  • Lauren Thie
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • US Forest Service