Table 3.

Improving communication on health risk of wildland fires

#1	Healthcare providers require clinician-focused guidelines to counsel patients on how to reduce the health impacts of smoke exposure.
#2	Public health officials require training and tools to communicate health risk of wildland fires and advise risk mitigation strategies to the public and vulnerable groups.
#3	Greater collaboration between public health agencies and scientists is needed to forecast and communicate short- and long-term changes in smoke conditions and their anticipated health risks in specific geographic regions.