The agreement provides funding to enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness

Specifically, this recipient will engage diverse communities in arizona to develop resilient solutions to the challenges that are posed by wildfires. The transdisciplinary team of researchers will develop interactive training materials and conduct sessions -in both english and spanish- to discuss indoor air pollution and its health implications, the control of air pollutants (especially particles), and the use and maintenance of portable air cleaners. The development of a new indoor air resiliency capacity and heat (IARCH) scale will form the basis of facility-specific air pollutant and heat action plans to enable communities to effectively deploy portable air cleaners (to be supplied as part of the grant), thereby resulting in communities that are empowered to effectively manage indoor air pollution in the face of environmental hazards.activities:the proposed project seeks to engage community members to enhance resiliency towards the air pollution stresses that accompany wildfires. The project seeks to carry out a series of tasks that will engage, empower, and enhance the health outcomes of populations that are the most vulnerable to the challenges of wildfires and the accompanying air pollution hazards that arise. The activities include: - outreach and training, - indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring, - deployment of portable air cleaners subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include: (1) engaged community members with knowledge of indoor air pollution control and associated health fields. (2) evaluation of the resilient capacity of facilities to handle the air pollution and heat impacts of wildfires. (3) sustainable solutions implemented in facilities in order to enhance resiliency towards the air quality and heat impacts of wildfires. The expected outcomes include: - increase in awareness, capacity, and action to reduce building occupants' exposure to wildfire smoke within highly impacted communities; - increase in population served by community buildings that effectively reduce occupants' exposure to wildfire smoke; - increase in availability of air monitoring data to inform wildfire smoke management activities; - increase in community buildings that effectively reduce occupants' exposure to wildfire smoke. The intended beneficiaries include: - federally recognized tribes, - local educational agencies (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(30), and - public and private non-profit organizations, - the general public and the community members within the community that they serve