Garfield County unveils wildfire smoke preparedness plan

Garfield County has released its wildfire smoke preparedness plan outlining the effects wildfire smoke could have on residents and providing information about how exposure can negatively affect health. The Garfield County Wildfire Smoke Preparedness Plan details potential impacts to specific groups of people, history of wildfires in the county, and provides key messaging strategies to effectively disseminate emergency information to the community. Beginning in 2021, Garfield County Public Health worked with regional partners, environmental health representatives from Eagle County and the City of Aspen, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a year-long series of educational workshops featuring wildfire