Smoke Matters
A comprehensive toolkit aimed to educate, teach, and empower residents about the hazards of wildfire and smoke events.
The SMOKEMatters Program
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The SMOKEMatters Toolkit
The SMOKEMatters toolkit is a pre-assembled set of 6 different tools that promote home health and safety during wildfire events by educating and engaging residents. It includes culturally-tailored messages designed to engage residents, giving them cues on how to protect themselves from health and safety hazards caused by wildfires. The tools in the kit either measure or control and abate Carbon Monoxide and PM2.5 contamination, and target behaviors that are feasible and within a resident’s locus of control, such as filtration, dust mitigation, and insulation. Tribes have the option of ordering a pre-assembled Core SMOKEMatters Toolkit or customizing the components of their toolkits.
The kit is not intended to replace the evidence-based practices that are the national standard for outreach, including the “Asthma Home Visit” model, or the “Healthy Home Checklist”. Rather, the kit is intended to advance the efficacy of these practices, by moving residents along the continuum from education to empowerment, and from knowledge to action.
These kits can be customized with specific tools for your residents and families.
- Twin Draft Guards
- N95 Masks (2 pk)
- MERV 13 Filters (2 pk)
- Box Fan
- Microfiber Cloths (2 pk)
- Indoor Air Sensor (optional add-on)
Cue Cards
Each tool in the kit comes with a cue card that provides residents with information as to how and why to use each tool. Each cue card explains what the tool is, what it does, and how the resident can best implement the tool in their own home in an engaging and comprehensive fashion.
Using clear and precise descriptions, the cue cards serve to educate residents on good indoor air quality practices, and empower them to implement the tools in their own home. Cue cards also provide specific tips on preventing and controlling common household contaminants.
Each laminated card comes on a small, metal ring so that they may be hung in visible, accessible places throughout the home such as kitchen cabinets or hung on the fridge.
Getting Started
To place a toolkit order, or to learn more about the SMOKEMatters program, please contact Krysta at kthornton@thhnw.org or (800) 717-2118 x 4. You can also fill out the form below and we will get back to you promptly.
Technical Assistance
Along with our SMOKEMatters toolkits, we provide free technical assistance for your tribe/community. Have a question about teaching a green cleaning class? Need some additional educational resources for your training? We are happy to provide you with extra materials, work plans, and additional resources to help implement our toolkit into your tribe/community.
SMOKEMatters Toolkit Training
In Person Training
In addition to technical assistance, we are able to provide on-site training for your tribal staff. Through our SMOKEMatters program, we are able to send a trained Healthy Home specialist to your tribe for a 1-2 day intensive, hands-on training session. This training is not included in the cost of your toolkit order.
Webinars
Webinars are an affordable alternative to on-site training. THHN holds quarterly webinars, 90 minutes in length, focusing on a training topic selected by tribes. Guest panelists are specialists in their field and available as a resource after the webinars. To see examples of our previous webinars, or to replay and see the slides from any of these webinars, click on the icons below. We also invite you to suggest a topic that you would like us to feature, or to tell us about work you are doing that we can highlight on our next webinar.
Rush Orders
Generally, toolkits arrive 3 to 6 weeks after they are ordered. Orders are processed and filled in the order in which they are received. If a rush order is needed, we are happy to discuss a timeline with you, but please note that an additional fee will be applied to rush orders.
Ordering
Shipping, handling, and tax will be charged after checkout via an invoice.
The cost of the CORE SMOKEMatters toolkit may change periodically due to the fluctuating price of tools from our vendors. Your toolkit price will be based on the price when you place your order.
Payment Types
Payments will be requested after an order is submitted via an invoice. Payments can be made via credit card, ACH transfer, or mail-in check.
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*Please email us first prior to making a payment so we can go over your order with you
The CORE SMOKEMatters Toolkit
THHN will assemble a kit containing:
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Twin Draft Guards
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N95 Masks (50 pk)
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Plug Protectors (8 pk)
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MERV 13 Filters
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Box Fan
Customize the SMOKEMatters Toolkit
Know exactly what you're looking for in your SMOKEMatters Toolkit? Use the page linked below to customize the components inside your SMOKEMatters Toolkits.
Let's Get Started!
For orders or questions, please contact Krysta at kthornton@thhnw.org or (800) 717-2118 x 4.