Discover helpful resources from the EPA Asthma Team webinar held on August 13, 2025: Breathing Easier: Protecting Kids With Asthma From Wildfire Smoke.
This webinar explored the intersection of wildfire smoke exposure and childhood asthma. Expert speakers, drawn from EPA’s National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management winners and wildfire smoke grant program recipients, shared best practices, community-engagement strategies, and innovative approaches to integrating wildfire smoke readiness into asthma control efforts, protecting children’s respiratory health during wildfire smoke events and improving asthma health outcomes.
The robust discussion led by EPA highlighted a wide variety of resources available. EPA has collected and categorized them.
EPA Resources
- Home Characteristics and Asthma Triggers Checklist for Home Visitors
- How Smoke From Fires Can Affect Your Health
- Dusty the Asthma Goldfish and His Asthma Triggers Funbook
- Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality
- Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality One-Pager
- Asthma One-Pager
- Wildfire Guide Factsheets
- AirNow Fire and Smoke Maps
- Best Practices Guide for Improving Indoor Air Quality in Commercial/Public Buildings During Wildland Fire Smoke Events
- EPA Region 8 & The Colorado Asthma Coalition – An Introduction to Air Quality and Asthma Webinar
EPA Asthma Team Webinars on the Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health
- Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health (IEDOH) Solutions for Asthma During Wildfire Events
- Solving for the Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health (IEDOH) in Asthma--Weatherization’s Effects on Pediatric Asthma: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
- Solving for the Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health (IEDOH) in Asthma: Using Data to Prioritize In-Home IEDOH Interventions
- Reimagining Asthma Care, Climate Resilience and Equity in Contra Costa, California: Partnering Health Care With Weatherization to Address the Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health
Resources From the Expert Panel
- Montana Asthma Friendly Schools
- Talking Health in the 406 Podcasts
- Montana Smoke From Fires Toolkits
- Montana Air Quality Website
- Schools as Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers
- Understanding the Effect of Outdoor Pollution Episodes and HVAC Type on Indoor Air Quality
- Oregon Wildfire Response Protocol for Severe Smoke Episodes
Resources From EPA's Partners and Stakeholders
- National Weather Service
- Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
- Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Online Training
- American Public Health Association Children's Environmental Health Committee
- APHA CEH Committee Climate Change: Wildfires and Children’s Health Factsheet
- Minnesota Outdoor Air Quality Guidance for Schools and Child Care
- Tribal Healthy Homes Network
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
- Regional Asthma Management and Prevention
- Tulalip Tribe Air Quality Program
- Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Air Quality