🚨🌫️ AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR OUR AREA 🌫️🚨 The Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company would like to make residents aware that wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota has led to Code Purple Air Quality conditions across portions of Pennsylvania, includin

A Code Purple Air Quality Alert means the air is considered unhealthy for everyone.

What You Should Do:

🏠 Stay indoors as much as possible, especially during the hottest part of the day.
🚫 Avoid prolonged or strenuous outdoor activities.
👶 Children, 👴 older adults, 🤰 pregnant individuals, and those with asthma, COPD, heart disease, or other respiratory conditions should avoid outdoor activities whenever possible.
😷 If you must be outside for an extended period, consider wearing a well-fitted N95 or KN95 mask.

Help Improve Air Quality:
🌱 Avoid using gas-powered lawn equipment if possible.
🔥 Do not burn leaves, brush, trash, or other materials.
🪵 Limit the use of fireplaces and wood stoves.
Check Current Air Quality

Conditions can change throughout the day. Stay informed by visiting:
🔗 www.airnow.gov

Air Quality Index (AQI) Colors:

🟢 Green – Good
🟡 Yellow – Moderate
🟠 Orange – Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
🔴 Red – Unhealthy for Everyone
🟣 Purple – Very Unhealthy

If you experience difficulty breathing, persistent coughing, chest pain, or worsening respiratory symptoms, move indoors immediately and seek medical attention if necessary.

Please take these conditions seriously, check on family members and neighbors who may be more vulnerable, and help do your part to reduce additional air pollution.

Stay safe,
Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company 🚒