Practical resources / Australia
If air quality is affecting you, start with the readings and advice for your area.
Find official monitoring and emergency information, with additional maps to explore conditions nearby and further away. Open a service below to see its latest information.
This page is a directory of links, rather than a live readings or alert service. Follow your emergency agency’s instructions if a fire threatens your area. Pollution readings and fire warnings answer different questions.
01 / Official services
Check monitoring coverage, the station location and when the reading or warning was last updated.
Air Quality NSW monitoring, RFS incident information and planned-burning updates.
Air quality in my areaAir Quality NSWFires Near MeNSW Rural Fire Service · incidents & warningsPlanned hazard reductionsNSW Rural Fire ServiceHazards Near Me NSW appOfficial app · local updates & notificationsEPA monitoring and forecasts, plus VicEmergency’s incident and warning information.
AirWatch & air qualityEPA VictoriaVicEmergencyOfficial incidents & warningsQueensland Government monitoring and Queensland Fire Department updates.
Live air dataQueensland GovernmentCurrent warnings & incidentsQueensland Fire DepartmentEPA air-quality monitoring and the Country Fire Service’s emergency information.
Air-quality monitoringEPA South AustraliaCFS fire informationCountry Fire Service · follow warnings & incidentsDWER’s air-quality index and Emergency WA’s warnings and incidents.
Air-quality indexDepartment of Water and Environmental RegulationEmergency WAOfficial warnings & incidentsEPA Tasmania’s BLANkET monitoring network and TasALERT emergency updates.
Air-quality maps & readingsEPA Tasmania · BLANkETTasALERTOfficial warnings & incidentsACT monitoring-station readings and Emergency Services Agency information.
Current air-quality readingsACT GovernmentACT emergency informationACT Emergency Services AgencyOfficial monitoring information linking to the NT Air Quality Network, plus Secure NT alerts. Monitoring coverage is limited to participating locations.
Monitoring & readingsNT Government · links to the monitoring networkSecure NTOfficial alerts & warnings02 / Additional tools
These services can help you explore pollution conditions and trends. Check the data source and whether a value is measured or modelled. For emergency decisions, use the official warning service for your area.
Map & location search
Browse air-quality maps and search for Australian locations. Review the station or contributor details, timestamp and index used.
Open IQAir Australia ↗Map & station readings
The World Air Quality Index project’s map starts in Sydney. Pan or search to explore other locations and open a station’s details.
Open the Sydney air-quality map ↗Australian research app
An app with air pollution, temperature and pollen information where available, and optional symptom tracking. Some areas use modelled pollution estimates where monitoring is absent.
Explore AirRater ↗03 / Smoke & your health
NSW Health’s smoke guidance recommends checking local air quality, reducing smoke exposure and following your clinician’s advice and any existing health action plan.
Read smoke protection adviceFor medical advice, call healthdirect on 1800 022 222.
For a medical emergency, including trouble breathing or chest pain or tightness, call Triple Zero (000).
Source: NSW Health ↗04 / Understand the context
Air-quality data can tell you about pollution at a monitoring location. A fire map can show reported incidents. Neither, on its own, establishes where all smoke came from or the net benefit of a burning program.
The report examines protection, smoke health costs, ecological effects, commissioning and questions for government.
Read the evidence report ↗Directory reviewed 13 September 2026. Read the latest timestamp on each provider’s site.
