Thursday, October 25, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News October 25, 2012 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day

“History is a relentless master.” John F. Kennedy (1917-1963, bio link)

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

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San Rafael man taken to MGH after flawed furnace leaks carbon monoxide
Marin Independent-Journal
A San Rafael man was taken to the hospital Wednesday after he complained of feeling sick and firefighters discovered high levels of carbon monoxide in the home, a fire official said. Firefighters went to the Sun Valley home around noon after the ...

Carbon monoxide scare prompts apartment building evacuation in ...
wpxi.com
Several people had to leave their homes early Wednesday morning after a carbon monoxide scare in Pittsburgh's Friendship neighborhood.

Carbon monoxide causes evacuation of downtown Burlington hotel ...
Burlingtonpress.com
No injuries were reported; fire marshal says thermal inversion caused carbon monoxide buildup inside hotel.

E. SLC condos evacuated when carbon monoxide alarms go off
Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesman Jasen Asay said no injuries were reported and efforts continued overnight by Salt Lake City Building Services officials to locate the source of what he described as "unhealthy high levels of carbon monoxide" ...

Carbon Monoxide Leak That Forced Evacuation Came From Boiler Room
W*USA 9
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) -- Fire officials say the carbon monoxide leak that forced residents from their Alexandria apartment building Wednesday morning came from the boiler room. They also say the building did not have carbon monoxide alarms, but a resident had installed his own alarm in his unit and when it activated he called 911....

Cooler temperatures raise risk of CO poisoning
Chillicothe Gazette
CHILLICOTHE — With temperatures set to cool off at the end of the week, thermostat settings are going to be headed up, in some cases leading to an increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.... “Already this fall we’ve heard of a couple of instances of carbon monoxide in homes, but luckily no one has been seriously injured yet,” said Ben Avery, director of Environmental Health at the health district. For more information about carbon monoxide, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at www.cdc.gov/co/default.htm.

Ontario, Canada, disappointment for CO safety advocates  
Carbon Monoxide Detector Bills Dies With Prorogation
Newstalk 1010
A bill that wants to make having a carbon monoxide detector a requirement in Ontario has died - along with over 100 others - now that the legislature has been prorogued. The Progressive Conservative private members bill has been introduced three times.

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