Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Frederick County, Surrounding Jurisdictions

Frederick-Carroll-Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-1047 AM EDT Thu Apr 24 2025...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY APRIL 24 2025...The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a CodeORANGE Air Quality Alert Thursday forthe Maryland Piedmont region.A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollutionconcentrations within the region may become unhealthy forsensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, peoplesuffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases andthe elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized byavoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.For more information on ground-level ozoneand fine particles visit the web sitemde.maryland.gov/programs/air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/index.aspx.The National Weather Service, Sterling, Va.