2024 Fresh Air Experience Photo Contest Starts October 9
Starting October 9, we are launching our 2024 Fresh Air Experience Photo Contest to raise awareness about air quality and our work at Heartland Air Monitoring Partnership (HAMP). The contest will run from October 9 to 31, 2024, and entrants have a chance to win gift card prizes.
Read our web post for more details on how to participate.
Portable Monitoring Station Report Released: Newbrook residents experience similar air quality to other Airshed communities
Between February 2023 to January 2024, the Keith Purves Portable (KPP) Station collected air quality measurements in the Hamlet of Newbrook. The 12-month project showed Newbrook’s Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) was a low risk to health more than 87% of the time – slightly more often than six other Airshed communities compared in the report.
Read the full story here.
Less Wildfire Smoke in 2024 Leads to Better Air Quality in Second Quarter
From April through June 2024, Heartland Air Monitoring Partnership (HAMP) recorded 14,569 hours of air monitoring data for use in calculating the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) at seven stations in our Airshed. Results show the AQHI in the HAMP Airshed measured a low risk to health at least 96% of the time for April, May and June, except on May 11 and 12, when wildfire smoke from northeastern British Columbia resulted in very high risk AQHI hours.
Read the full story here.
Fort Air Partnership Unveils New Name
We are excited to announce that Fort Air Partnership has a new name. Effective May 14, your local organization responsible for monitoring the air quality in the Industrial Heartland and surrounding area, is called Heartland Air Monitoring Partnership.
The new name will appear first on our digital channels, and more gradually on physical station signage over the longer term. Learn more about what led to our name change here.