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For people with health problems, it\u2019s becoming hazardous and Pacific Northwest Conference Disaster Response Coordinators Dana and Kathy Bryson are busy getting cleaner air kits deployed across the area \u2013 specifically in central and northcentral Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cleaner air kits are made up of a 20-by-20-inch box fan, a 20-by-20 Merv air filter and two bungee cords. United Methodist churches in Wenatchee, Cheney and Kennewick, Wash., have been busy building these kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just this week 12 kits were sent to Malden, Wash., to help survivors of the 2020 wildfires who are still living without adequate housing and have health conditions, according to Kathy Bryson. There are still dozens of people living in RVs parked in the middle of what once was there small town just a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re dealing with smokey skies, more than anything,\u201d Kathy Bryson said. \u201cThat could change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brysons said if churches are interested in helping put together these cleaner air kits, they would love to talk with them to make sure they\u2019re getting the right supplies and the kits are deployed in the right places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon is so far burning mostly in wildland areas of approximately 600 square miles, but has damaged 67 homes. The situation could change rapidly. While the Oregon-Idaho Conference works to fill its disaster response coordinator position, volunteers such as Jim Frisbie, Jim Truitt, and Louise Kienzle are monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kienzle said she is busy trying to connect with churches to find places where UMCOR kits \u2013 everything from hygiene to clean-up kits \u2013 can be stored so that they can easily be connected to local communities where disaster might strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Brysons said they are prioritizing the need for cleaner air kits, there are other ways churches are contributing. Haller Lake UMC has created more than 100 \u201csoot sponge\u201d kits for fire survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are two types of fire survivors: those who lose everything and those who survive the burn through,\u201d said Dana Bryson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The soot sponge kits help the latter, using dry sponges and Nitrile cleaning gloves to help clean up ash-covered, dusty surfaces. Kathy Bryson said these will likely be supplemental kits distributed along with UMCOR cleaning kits. Often the UMCOR kits include wet sponges and the Brysons said wet sponges wreak more havoc on cleaning up fire debris than helping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kienzle said the Oregon-Idaho Conference needs hygiene kits and cleaning kits which can be stored at the yet-to-be-named churches for rapid deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year the ash sifter kits that churches put together were extremely helpful in places such as Malden to help those who had lost everything to wildfires sift through debris. Kathy Bryson said there are a couple dozen being stored at Spokane Valley UMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast year I was just handing them out off the back of my truck,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brysons along with Truitt, Frisbie and Kienzle are all monitoring the ever-changing situations, talking with district superintendents in the areas impacted by fires and praying that their supplies won\u2019t be needed. But it is better to be prepared than not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone is just waiting for things to change,\u201d Dana Bryson said. \u201cAnd fires will move.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help with supplemental kits such as cleaner air kits, contact the Brysons at <a href=\"mailto:brysonpnw@gmail.com\">brysonpnw@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If churches in the Oregon-Idaho Conference can offer UMCOR kit storage space or are willing to put together cleaning and hygiene kits, contact Kienzle at <a href=\"mailto:umvim@umoi.org\">umvim@umoi.org<\/a> or call 541-620-0989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sky is definitely smoky in much of the Greater Northwest Area. 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