Wednesday, December 1, 2010

December 1, 2010

“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.” Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

Residents evacuated due to carbon monoxide
Green Bay Press Gazette
Oconto firefighters were summoned Thursday evening to a home at 944 Madison, where carbon monoxide smoke detectors had been triggered. ...

Two Pasadena family members remain hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning ...
Pasadena Star-News
By Hector Gonzalez Staff Writer PASADENA - As two members of a Pasadena family recovered at a hospital from carbon monoxide poisoning, the quick-thinking ...
COSA NOTE: This article informs readers that CO alarms sound off when 20 PPM of CO is reached. U.L. 2034 Listed carbon monoxide alarms do not alarm until CO is at 70 PPM for up to one hour and before 4 hours. People could be living in 20 to 25 PPM of CO forever and never know it if all they have are the U.L. Listed alarms.

Carbon monoxide threat grows as winter nears
WLBZ-TV BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) –
As the weather gets colder and people turn on their furnaces more, the threat for carbon monoxide poisoning is increasing. ...

Two rescued from property filled with carbon monoxide gas
Plymouth Herald
FIREFIGHTERS have rescued two people from a property after they were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. At 4.30am today firefighters from Kingsbridge and ...

Ettingshall schoolgirl is hero after carbon monoxide leak
Birmingham Mail
“I just wish we had never gone through it – we should have had a carbon monoxide alarm.” Paramedics treated the family at the scene with oxygen and they ...

Carbon monoxide awareness important during winter months
Rochdale Online
Blocked flues and badly ventilated homes often result in householders being poisoned by carbon monoxide (CO), says mum-of-four Lynn Griffiths. ...