Thursday, June 9, 2011

June 9, 2011

“Just because summer is coming and folks have stopped using their furnaces doesn’t mean there is not danger from household carbon monoxide poisoning,” Great Bend Fire Department Battalion Chief Eugene Perkins

Free CO detectors still available
Great Bend Tribune By Dale Hogg Managing Editor
Just because summer is coming and folks have stopped using their furnaces doesn't mean there is not danger from household carbon monoxide poisoning, Great Bend Fire Department Battalion Chief Eugene Perkins said. This is why he wants anyone wanting a CO detector to contact his department. As part of a state grant, …

Watch CO Emissions in Hot Weather
Patch.com  By Liz Giegerich
Peekskill police and fire departments were dispatched to a Society Hill II home where family's carbon monoxide detector was triggered. Peekskill fire department’s Lt. Eric Johansen said “on very hot days when people have their homes sealed up tight, if there is a water heater or boiler issue releasing carbon monoxide, high carbon monoxide emissions are a risk..."

Bar raises funds for carbon monoxide detectors
Wink News
The San Carlos Park fire department gives out hundreds of free carbon monoxide detectors every year. They're to protect residents from dangerous generator emissions during or after a storm. But this year, a shortage could prevent that from happening. ...

USU team turns waste gas into a fuel precursor
Salt Lake Tribune
By Brian Maffly
Utah State University biochemists have stumbled onto a reaction that converts carbon monoxide into hydrocarbons in a process than could be developed into new ways of producing synthetic fuels. Graduate student Zhi-Yong Yang was studying ...