What can communities do to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in cleaner air spaces and cleaner air shelters for wildfire smoke during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Cleaner air spaces and cleaner air shelters are public spaces where people can seek relief from wildfire smoke. Specific information about how to set up cleaner air spaces and shelters is available in Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials in Appendix B.
In addition, ASHRAE (formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers) offers a Planning Framework for Protecting Commercial Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire Events (PDF) (3KB) that recommends HVAC and building measures to minimize occupant exposures and health impacts from smoke during wildfire and prescribed burn smoke events, including some considerations for reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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