Wednesday, December 14, 2011

December 14, 2011

“I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.”
Hillary Clinton (1947,)

Carbon monoxide risk higher during winter
Merced Sun-Star
Red blood cells carry oxygen, but when a person suffers from carbon monoxide poisoning, the gas gets into the red blood cells and keeps the oxygen out, Livermore said. The symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include flulike symptoms, headache, ...

ADT dispatcher saves Miss. woman's life
WJXT Jacksonville
White's husband died last month, just days before White received a life-saving call from Harris in Jacksonville, warning her that she needed to get out of her house because her carbon monoxide detector had been activated. When firefighters responded ...

A Silent Killer: Beware Of Carbon Monoxide
News Channel 7
A North Carolina man and woman died Monday of carbon monoxide poisoning. The pair was trying to keep warm with a kerosene heater, according to Buncombe County Sheriff's Office. Carbon Monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden illness ...

New Requirements for Carbon Monoxide Alarms
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Cities will start enforcing new safety codes that require carbon monoxide alarms in all new homes and some existing ones. Cities will start enforcing new safety codes on January 1, 2012 that require carbon monoxide alarms in all new homes. ...

San Rafael firefighters, Rotarians install CO/smoke detectors
Marin Independent-Journal
The San Rafael Fire Department and the Rotary Club of Mission San Rafael teamed up last week to install 49 combination photoelectric smoke alarm/carbon monoxide alarm warning devices in the homes of seniors free of charge. ...

Azerbaijan: Carbon monoxide poisoning leaves one officer dead
Panorama.am
One Azerbaijani army officer has died and two are in hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. The incident occurred at an apartment rented by the officers in Baku's Yasamal District. Abulfat Mammadov died on the spot, while Rafig Gasimov and Elmaddin ...