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Learn about EPA's efforts to provide year-round AQI forecasts, outreach initiatives, and educational resources to reduce exposure to ozone and PM. Discover simple messages for media, steps to lessen exposure risks, and where to find detailed information to protect your health.
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Year-Round AQI Forecasts-- Outreach Efforts Debbie Stackhouse EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards stackhouse.debbie@epa.gov 919-541-5354
AIRNow Distribution • Forecasts • Maps • Health Info • Media Info
Outreach Efforts • Simple Messages for Media to Use • Forecasts (ozone and PM) • Steps to reduce exposure • Where to look for detailed info
Outreach Efforts • Educate Meteorologists about PM • Enlist Them to Carry AQI Year-Round • Expand Media Partnerships • Educate Health Care Professionals
Year-Round AQI Launch • National Launch and Press Event – October 2003 • Parallel Regional Office Launches
New Products • For Meteorologists • Short Course on AQI and PM • AMS Conference Session and Exhibit • CD-ROM Tool Kit • For Press Events • Press Kits • Video News Release • Regional Launch Tool Kits
Air Quality Media Kit Ozone at:epa.gov/airnow/mediakits/ozone PM: Spring 2003
Asthma Video • Indoor and Outdoor Air Triggers • In Spanish • Late Spring 2003
Smoke Effects • Smoke web site (Spring 2003)http://www.epa.gov/airnow/smoke • Pamphlet
EPA HQ Contacts • AIRNow Program Director: Chet Wayland • wayland.richard@epa.gov (919) 541-4603 • AQI Health Issues: Susan Stone • stone.susan@epa.gov (919) 541-1146 • AQI Outreach Issues: Debbie Stackhouse • stackhouse.debbie@epa.gov (919) 541-5432 • AIRNow Project Manager: John White • white.johne@epa.gov (919) 541-2306 • PM Monitoring Issues: Tim Hanley • hanley.tim@epa.gov (919) 541-4417 • PM Forecasting Issues: Pat Dolwick • dolwick.pat@epa.gov (919) 541-5346