The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has
declared an Air Quality Advisory for Friday May 30th through 6 AM
Saturday May 31st due to wildfire smoke. Pollutants, in the form of
fine particultes (PM 2.5), are expected to be in the Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups range.
The advisory is in effect for the following Michigan counties…
Allegan…Barry…Calhoun…Clare…Clinton…Eaton…Gratiot…
Ionia…Ingham…Isabella…Jackson…Kalamazoo…Kent…Lake…
Mason…Mecosta…Montcalm…Muskegon…Newaygo…Oceana…
Osceola…Ottawa…Van Buren
It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor
activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory
diseases like asthma. Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing,
coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in nose, throat,
and eyes. Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air
pollution, such as: outdoor burning, use of residential wood
burning devices.
Tips for households: Keep windows closed overnight to prevent
smoke from getting indoors and, if possible, run central air
conditioning with MERV-13 or higher rated filters.
For further information, please see EPAs Air Now site for
up-to-date air quality data: https://www.airnow.gov/
For further health information, please see MDHHS Wildfire Smoke
and Your Health site:
https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/environmental-health/
your-health-and-wildfire-smoke
