People with underlying health conditions, including heart or respiratory disease, the elderly, and children are at higher risk for severe reaction to wildfire smoke. Smoke from wildfires can hurt eyes, irritate respiratory systems and worsen chronic conditions such as heart and lung disease. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality offers a handy guide for air quality precautions for daycares and schools at this link: įor updates on the air quality in Billings and other Montana communities, check this DEQ link: All athletes should limit outdoor activity for prolonged periods of time. If the event/practice is held outdoors, athletes with asthma or other respiratory illnesses are advised not to participate. The Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for all 17 houses in the Alder Creek area as a nearby wildfire burns south of highway 43 and the Wise River.
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If possible, move athletic practices indoors. Montana Wildfire Update For July 15, 2021. With the unhealthy air quality designation forecast to continue through Thursday and possibly Friday, RiverStone Health recommends consideration of postponing outdoor sporting events, especially high-exertion activities like running. Wildfire smoke can be extremely harmful to the lungs, especially for children, older adults and those with asthma, COPD and bronchitis or a chronic heart.
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With the spring outdoor sports season in full swing, RiverStone Health reminds superintendents, athletic directors, coaches, athletes and parents to pay careful attention to air quality. Everyone in the Billings area is advised to reduce outdoor activity and to go inside if respiratory symptoms develop. On Thursday morning, Billings air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups, according to the National Weather Service. Justin Bilton and his 70-year-old dad, Charlie, had been backpacking through Wyoming and Montana and had set up camp at Glacier National Park when a lightning storm struck. The 166 structures lost over the course of the 2020 wildfire season, many of them homes, is the most in Montana since. BILLINGS - Smoke from the wildfires in Alberta, Canada, has reduced air quality in Yellowstone County. The fire burned 24 structures and among the livestock losses were 200 sheep.
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