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Where To Buy The Right Face Masks For Smoke

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New South Wales is currently suffering through a severe smoke haze, as strong winds spread bushfire smoke across the state. While many have turned to filtered masks for protection against the pollution, not all masks are effective in protecting against smoke inhalation. For the best protection, you'll need a P2 mask — ...

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Australian Bushfire: What Mask Do I Need?

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Australian Bushfire is happening and what do I need now to survive the smoke? Australian Bushfire season has shocked everyone with its early arrival. Although, bushfires are historically required. It is a basic part of fertilisation for vegetation in Australia with its geographically dense landscape in a flat ...

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Why use a P2 face mask? (also called N95)

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P2/N95 rated face masks can help filter out the fine particles in smoke. To be effective, they must be fitted according to the manufacturer’s instructions and form a tight seal around the face. It can be difficult to maintain a tight seal, particularly for people with facial hair and children.​ NSW Health is ...

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Masks at the ready as smoke returns to Canberra on Wednesday

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Heavy smoke is set to return to Canberra's skies on Wednesday afternoon. The smoke, which is expected to descend on the city about 4pm, has blown in from bushfires in NSW, and not from the small blaze that broke out in Namadgi National Park on Monday, according to the ACT Emergency Services Agency. The ESA

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NSW firefighters crowdfunding upgraded face masks amid claims RFS gear insufficient

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NSW volunteer firefighters have used Facebook to raise money to buy their own face masks, but the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said crews should have all the equipment they need. Key points: Volunteer firefighters have raised money through a fundraising campaign to buy face masks The NSW RFS said that all masks issued ...

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Stench of smoke, haze blankets Melbourne as bushfires rage on

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Melbourne's air quality has deteriorated to "very poor" as smoke again billows into the city from bushfires raging in the state's east. East Gippsland was still choking in hazardous smoke pollution on Monday with bushfires continuing to tear through the disaster zone. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Michael Efron ...

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‘Shouldn’t be up to poor uni students to provide masks’: shortage causes concern

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Canberrans have taken it upon themselves to shore up the supply of face masks with thousands being brought in from interstate. After weeks of deteriorating air quality, there have been widespread shortages of P2 masks in the ACT with hardware stores selling out quickly. Vanamali Hermans was on holiday in Brisbane and ...

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Why the RFS won’t pay for ‘game-changing’ respirator masks

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Volunteer firefighters spending extended periods battling NSW bushfires say they are having to cough up significant sums of money for upgraded respirators, amid fears the disposable masks issued by the Rural Fire Service aren't providing enough protection for the severity of exposure. A Facebook post by a member of ...

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No need for masks for general public: government

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Weeks of heavy smoke haze has caused widespread shortages of effective smoke masks across the ACT, but the government says the general public do not need to use them. Canberrans have struggled to find the P2 masks - which can filter smoke particles - at hardware stores like Bunnings and at chemists, with stock sold

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453,000 P2 face masks to help in bushfire communities

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The Australian Government has today acted on a request from the Victorian Government and provided the state with 450,000 face masks from the National Medical Stockpile to assist frontline workers and those at risk in communities affected by the bushfires. Fitted properly, the masks – known as P2 masks – can filter out ...

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Federal government sends 450,000 smoke masks to fire-affected Victorians

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The government will give 450,000 smoke masks to bushfire-affected people in Victoria, amid shortening supplies and increasing demand. Hundreds of thousands of face masks are on their way to frontline workers and communities affected by bushfires in Victoria. Federal Health Minster Greg Hunt said the government would ...

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Where To Buy The Right Face Masks For Smoke

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New South Wales is currently suffering through a severe smoke haze, as strong winds spread bushfire smoke across the state. While many have turned to filtered masks for protection against the pollution, not all masks are effective in protecting against smoke inhalation. For the best protection, you'll need a P2 mask — ...

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