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USFS Uses AIRSIS Air Quality Monitors
With an original purchase of 10 units, USFS quickly realized the benefits of the AQ 2400 and has since added over 30 more. Furthermore, the USFS has recommended the product to other organizations including the EPA and state environmental agencies. Its cache of AQ2400s is now shipped to and deployed wherever they are needed. One good illustration of AQ2400’s use is during the Biscuit Fire of August, 2002 that damaged nearly 500,000 acres of the southwest Oregon and northern California coasts. With the fire raging, the high school football team of the coastal town of Brookings, Oregon continued to practice to prepare for the fall season. Since the air quality was variable every day, the Forest Service sent an AQ2400 to the school to measure daily air quality. Representatives of the school worked with the Forest Service to determine whether it was safe to practice outside or if the players should practice in the gym. Another AIRSIS unit was sent to Gold Beach, just north of Brookings, and was available for the local public to observe air quality and react accordingly.
 USFS story.pdf
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