Many private schools run summer schools and camps. Your summer team can look at several websites that show the risk levels, including:
- https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/ (interactive map/blog)
- Washington Air Quality Map
- WA Children & Youth Activities Guide for Air Quality
- Wildfire Smoke & Closing School Activities
Best practices to prevent heat-related illness:
- Minimize the time in unshaded and paved areas from mid-day through late afternoon as temperatures rise.
- Check for signs of heat exhaustion, and provide cool water and shaded areas.
- Plan additional regular breaks and rest periods to prevent overexertion in hot weather conditions.
- If you have bus drivers and other outside staff, you need to offer PPE when the smoke particulate numbers are high.
- Advise sensitive groups to stay home when risk prediction is high.
This year, L&I adopted Wildfire Smoke Rules and created sample training plans and templates that you can customize to meet these requirements. https://Lni.wa.gov/WildfireSmoke
The NWS HeatRisk provides a forecast risk of heat-related impacts to occur over a 24-hour period. Users can input their town or address to determine their threat level, ranging between one (little to no risk) and four (extreme risk).