I value a world where everyone can breathe freely without the threat of air pollution. In the future I hope that I am able to go outside during the summer and fall without worrying about if the air is going to cause an asthma attack. My recommended intervention may counter my vision but I believe that controlled burns are the best way to control fires around cities. Although it may exacerbate breathing and other health conditions like asthma, I think that if people are given enough notice they can make sure that they remain indoors or limit exposure for the period that the burn is occuring. I would much rather have notice and stay indoors for a few days once a year then unexpectantly wake up to a forest fire that could pollute the air for weeks.
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Yes I think the importance of controlled burn is often neglected due to our concerns with the impact of fire in general, but having these controlled burn may prove to mitigate overall dangers of a large wild fire. As you said, we should devote more study to this practice and give people notice ahead of controlled burn to lessen the health impacts that would be caused.
I think that air quality is often overlooked in the discourse around forest fires. We often get so wrapped up in the environmental impacts and forget about how it can directly seriously affect our everyday lives. Very glad you brought up this important topic!
I've got asthma, and the smoke got into my carpets, and it was so difficult to breathe. I really love your post! This is the time to tackle air pollution before it gets even more out of hand.
Perhaps through strict laws to protect the forest can more effectively solve the problem from human factors, now Vancouver's air quality is not optimistic, we should take action.