Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News October 23, 2012 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day

“Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” Nido Qubein (about)

CO News links
Family Says CO Detector Saved Their Lives
KAALtv.com
(ABC 6 NEWS) -- The Rochester Fire Department was called to a home Friday night with reports of their carbon monoxide alarms going off. When they arrived they found high levels of the poisonous gas. The sound from a carbon monoxide may have saved ...

Season of carbon monoxide looms
theOlympian.com Health & Fitness
The days are getting colder, bringing the threat of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide gas comes from burning fuels such as gasoline, ...

Family poisoned by carbon monoxide in Lapford
This is North Devon
The fire crews discovered the carbon monoxide had leaked from a coal fired range cooker. They extinguished the fire in the cooker and ventilated the property using two breathing apparatus, one gas detector, one covering jet, and one hose real were used.

Grant would put carbon monoxide detectors in 1000 Genesee County homes
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The county is in line to put carbon monoxide detectors in up to 1,000 homes with the help of a $63,650 grant. The county Board of Commissioners is expected to give tentative approval on Wednesday to accepting a contract with the ...

Update, kitchen equipment being monitored
Paramedics treat 12 for carbon monoxide poisoning at county jail in Lincoln ...
The Republic
LINCOLN, Neb. — Officials are monitoring carbon monoxide levels at the Lancaster County jail after paramedics took 12 people to a hospital.

CO News replay link: CO alarm standards - When do they sound off?

Air quality news
A pair of jeans now to help save the environment
Economic Times
With toxic emissions killing an estimated 1.3 million people a year worldwide, the resulting improvement in air quality could significantly reduce deaths and respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Storey, of the London College of Fashion, renowned for ...

United Kingdom
National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week to launch in November
H&V News
Carbon Monoxide Awareness, a registered charity run entirely by volunteers, will be hosting the seventh National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. The charity actively supports the victims of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and also raises awareness of ...

Aviators – note:
(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace

Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2

· Heart Rescue Now This link takes you to a very short video that is a practical demonstration on the proper usage of an AED. This video is tastefully done & demonstrates the step-by-step way one might be able to save a life.

· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

· Carbon Monoxide Survivor
A website made by poisoning survivors that brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to have been poisoned - as well as live with the long term impact.

· Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-five U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
Alaska | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

The following companies are acknowledged for their continued support of carbon monoxide safety education and this daily news blog. They may just have what you are looking for.
Fieldpiece Instruments
The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
CO Experts
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International