DailyBreath SHOW is the 1st Asthma App to Track Wildfire Smoke!

Are there wildfire smoke trackers out there?  Yes, often aligned with air quality apps. But, do they target those with asthma and educate the vulnerable about the dynamic nature of wildfire smoke, thus help to them to prevent health impacts. The DailyBreath Smoke Heatmap Overlay for Wildfires (SHOW) aims to inform vulnerable populations of the dynamic nature of wildfire smoke and educate them on the weather elements that impact the dispersion path of wildfire smoke at the surface and in the atmosphere. 

If it’s wildfire smoke, why not display wildfire smoke, both at the surface and atmospheric smoke that can often be carried by the jet stream, winds, and weather fronts thousands of miles.  Besides seeing the dispersion path, viewers can recognize the gradient of the wildfire smoke, and understand its correlation to the well-known risk levels of the air quality index.

 As the 1st asthma app to track wildfire smoke, we know it’s not perfect. The feature is currently optimized for Android, with an optimized update for IOS coming soon. The display helps the vulnerable to understand the risk of wildfire smoke impacting them ‘downwind’ from wildfires, but SHOW uniquely benefits from a core feature of DailyBreath, tracking symptoms in relation to exposures to wildfire surface smoke, or wildfire atmospheric smoke.  

 As we build this RWE data, it serves two purposes.  Because we are able to identify a symptom recorded within one of these smoke plumes, we will be able to develop a unique one-of-a-kind personalized wildfire smoke risk index based on your individual sensitivity.  We’ll also be aggregating data in order to research under what wildfire smoke conditions, people experience actual symptoms.  Perhaps more people with asthma are having actual symptoms in what has historically been characterized as moderate air quality, not the level commonly know as unhealthy for sensitive people. 

 We already have enhanced functionality for this groundbreaking feature envisioned on our roadmap, but we welcome feedback and suggestions from the DailyBreath members (registered users). In the meantime, please consider downloading DailyBreath, registering to benefit from the development of your personalized risk index, and purchase DailyBreath SHOW, to learn your sensitivity to wildfire smoke.  Start avoiding potentially preventable attacks today!