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• • Jul JU Ju WLU 1 c r J 1 - � Uil v~ <br /> San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District <br /> Media Release <br /> For Immediate Release: Contact: Josette Merced Deilo <br /> Nov. 7, 1997 Public Education <br /> Digital media pager (209) 446-7580 <br /> District/igf►ts lire under wood burning prograrn <br /> Fresno, CA -- Fall is in the air, arid with it carnes fireplace and wood stove use. On Nov, 12, <br /> the Valley Air District will start the annual Residential Wood Buming Curtailment program to <br /> encourage Valley residents to reduce the amount of air pollution caused by fireplace and wood <br /> stove us6wood smoke is a health risk because it contains small panicles of soot, ash and <br /> toxic aerosols which can bypass the body's natural filtering system and lodge in the lungs, <br /> causing or aggravating respiratory ailments. <br /> As in previous years,the District will use a signal light to notify Valley residents of prevailing air <br /> quality conditions, and alert them of days when conditions will not withstand wood buming. A <br /> green signal indicates no curtailment is being requested, a yellow light informs Valley residents <br /> that only those with EPA-certified wood or pellet stoves should bum, and red Indicates poor air <br /> quality and everyone should refrain from using their wood-burning devices. <br /> While the air pollution levels which trigger these curtailment levels will remain unchanged, due <br /> to better forecasting and air quality analysis capabilities, this year the District expects to <br /> forecast and declare more yellow days than in the past. <br /> Evan Shipp, District meteorologist and supervisor of air quality analysis, explained that the <br /> increased yellow days will come a:, a result of more sophisticated forecasting techniques and <br /> (more) <br />