A Winter Spare the Air Alert has been issued for tomorrow
Patty Reconco
I'm not sure how many of you enjoy wood burning in your fireplaces so
I thought I share the spare the air alert below.
Patty
A Winter Spare the Air Alert has been issued for tomorrow, Wednesday,
December 7, 2011, in the Bay Area.
Wood burning is banned both indoors and outdoors tomorrow, for the
full 24 hours.
Air quality in the Bay Area is forecast to be unhealthy. It is illegal
for Bay Area residents to burn wood or other solid fuels in
fireplaces, wood stoves and inserts, pellet stoves, outdoor fire-pits,
or other wood-burning devices. This wood-burning ban will be in
effect for Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San
Mateo, Santa Clara, southern Sonoma and southwestern Solano Counties.
Winter air pollution is mainly caused by particulates or soot
pollution from wood smoke. Smoke from wood-burning fires is linked to
illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis and lung disease, and is
especially harmful for children and the elderly.
For more information about the Wood Burning Rule, or to check before
you burn, visit www.sparetheair.org or call 1-877-4NO-BURN.
You can also call 1-800-430-1515 and register to receive automatic
phone calls when a Winter Spare the Air Alert has been called.
To see the current air quality forecast visit www.sparetheair.org.
Visit the Apple App Store to download our FREE Spare the Air iPhone
application for alert notifications, local air quality forecasts,
podcasts and several tools to help reduce air pollution!
Thank you for doing your part to Spare the Air!
This AirAlert is provided by your Bay Area Air Quality Management
District.