--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Wildfire description: Wildfire | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Washington enforcing summertime heat and wildfire protection rules](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Jul 18, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/heat-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules) This summer is again bringing record-breaking heat to parts of North America. It's time to remember that outdoor work in the summer sun can lead to heat illness, as can indoor work in spaces that aren’t sufficiently insulated or cooled. It’s also time to consider the possible impacts of local or regional wildfires on workplace air quality. Washington state provides useful benchmarks for these considerations, through rules administered every summer by the Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I’s) Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The remainder of this note summarizes those requirements. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules#comments-listing) Tags: [Wildfire](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/wildfire), [Heat Wave](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-wave), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat), [Be Heat Smart](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/be-heat-smart), [heat illness](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-illness), [Washington](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/washington) ## [Cleaning up after wildfires](https://blog.stpub.com/cleaning-up-after-wildfires) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Sep 29, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Wildfire.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/cleaning-up-after-wildfires) Western North America is suffering from huge wildfires this year. I’ve written pieces discussing ways to protect workplaces from fire ([HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-your-workplace-from-wildfires)) and to protect workers during wildfires ([HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-workers-when-wildfires-create-bad-air)). Today’s note discusses worker safety during cleanup after wildfires. I synthesize guidance from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California EPA (CalEPA), and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/cleaning-up-after-wildfires) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/cleaning-up-after-wildfires#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [CDC](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cdc), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Wildfire](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/wildfire), [Cal-Fire](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cal-fire), [California](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california), [CalEPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/calepa), [CDPH](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cdph) ## [Protecting your workplace from wildfires](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-your-workplace-from-wildfires) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Aug 26, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/forest-fire-3905868_1920.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-your-workplace-from-wildfires) Summer is wildfire season in many areas, although its importance to your workplace obviously varies. We worry more here in California than folks in New England -- as I started this note my home region around San Francisco Bay had the worst air quality on the planet  during a siege of wildfires from lightning strikes. If your workplace is a downtown high rise, wildfire risks are less than if it's in a suburban office park – and if you’re telecommuting during the COVID pandemic, it may depend less on your employer’s location than where you’ve set yourself up. 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