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Quality Assurance for a Wildfire Smoke Sensor Loan Program
Citation:
Holder, A. Quality Assurance for a Wildfire Smoke Sensor Loan Program. EPA Air Sensors Quality Assurance Workshop, Durham, NC, July 25 - 27, 2023.
Impact/Purpose:
This presentation is for EPA's sensor quality assurance workshop. The purpose of this talk is to describe the quality assurance procedures used to ensure high quality data in a sensor loan program for expanding monitoring near wildfires.
Description:
Smoke from wildfires can quickly degrade air quality in areas downwind, causing a visible haze and health impacts. Modulated by meteorology and fire conditions, smoke impacts vary with time and location, sometimes affecting areas without any nearby air monitors. As part of a federal government response to address the growing threat of wildfires and related smoke impacts that are a public health concern in the United States, the Wildfire Smoke Air Monitoring Response Technology (WSMART) program provides supplemental air monitoring equipment to the Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program (IWFAQRP) as well as state, local, and tribal air agencies upon request. This presentation is provides an overview of the quality assurance procedures used to ensure the quality of sensors during their loan deployment.