Stay safe during smoke and heat
For the next several days, there will be increased wildfire smoke in the King County area. Please take steps to prepare yourself, friends, and family. It will also get into the upper 80s and 90s this week according to the National Weather Service. The following links provide additional information and tips on staying safe.
- Public Health Seattle King County – smoke preparedness tips on their Community Communications Network blog
- King County Wildfire Smoke website
- Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (8/3/26 press release – Wildfire Smoke Alert for the Puget Sound Region)
- King County Burn Ban and Statewide Emergency Burn Ban
- AirNow Fire & Smoke Map
- King County Wildfire website, including Wildfire Ready Toolkit
Clean air and/or cooling centers available:
- King County Regional Homelessness Authority (for people experiencing homelessness)- (Aug. 4-7 clean air and Aug 4-8 cooling)
- City of Auburn – various locations
- City of Burien Highline United Methodist Church (Aug. 5-6 cooling)
- City of Federal Way Federal Way Community Center (Aug 3-4 clean air and Aug 5-6 cooling)
ALERT King County message – Air Quality Alert
This is King County Emergency Management. There is an air quality alert due to wildfire smoke for the King County region today (Aug. 3) through Thursday. Increased temperatures into the high 80s and low 90s are expected Wednesday and Thursday. For more information on how to prepare, go to www.kcemergency.com
