{
  "id": "2026-06-23-southern-utah-university-wildfire-smoke-air-quality",
  "slug": "southern-utah-university-wildfire-smoke-air-quality-2026-06-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Southern Utah University",
    "shortName": "SUU",
    "state": "UT",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "SUU Alert",
    "enrollment": 15000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-23",
    "type": "wildfire",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Wildfire smoke moves outdoor activities indoors",
    "headlinePublic": "Wildfire smoke moves outdoor activities indoors",
    "summary": "SUU Alert moved outdoor activities indoors after wildfire smoke pushed the air quality index to very unhealthy, on the [SUU alerts feed](https://my.suu.edu/sms/v1/alerts/).",
    "outcome": "Outdoor activities were to move indoors until the air quality improved."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "The official feed records date_sent 2026-06-23T18:09:53.974629 and does not give a timezone.",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "SUU ALERT: Due to the wildfires, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has reached \"Very Unhealthy\" levels, increasing health risks for those outdoors. All outdoor activities should move indoors until air quality improves. Air Quality Updates can be found at map.purpleair.com",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://my.suu.edu/sms/v1/alerts/",
      "sourceDescription": "SUU alert feed body published on the SUU alerts page",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetch 2026-10-04. sha256 838194579c6ad2fb100738114038f47e6145ec9620957fafb1bb60dd25c5716a. Both reads took this body from the official feed. The feed records date_sent 2026-06-23T18:09:53.974629 and does not give a timezone."
      ],
      "characterCount": 266
    }
  ],
  "context": "SUU Alert said wildfire smoke had pushed the air quality index to very unhealthy and told people to move outdoor activities indoors. The body is on the [SUU alerts page](https://www.suu.edu/alerts/) and in the [official alert feed](https://my.suu.edu/sms/v1/alerts/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The message named very unhealthy air from wildfires and moved outdoor activities indoors."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wildfire smoke moves outdoor activities indoors",
      "url": "https://www.suu.edu/alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "SUU alert feed",
      "url": "https://my.suu.edu/sms/v1/alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "utah",
    "southern-utah",
    "wildfire"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}