Thursday, November 22, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News November 22, 2012 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day

CO alarm standards know when you are protected

“You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.”
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012, bio link)

CO News links
York County Prison carbon monoxide leak sends 40 to 45 female inmates to ...
York Daily Record
A gas leak at York County Prison in Springettsbury Township sent 40 to 45 female inmates to local hospitals late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. "We had some people who had some carbon monoxide poisoning. They're being treated at local ...

Health notes: Source of Fryberger carbon monoxide still unknown
Duluth News Tribune
The source of carbon monoxide poisoning in Fryberger Arena earlier this month still isn't known. Duluth Assistant Fire Marshal Jim Reed said a cause had never been determined, and attempts to duplicate the high levels that occurred Nov. 7, when at ...

Carbon monoxide 'silent killer' warning to North Lincolnshire residents - time ...
This is Scunthorpe
Across England and Wales, Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning causes about 40 accidental deaths, more than 200 serious injuries and 4000 attendances at hospital accident and emergency departments each year. Carbon monoxide gas is produced when ...

Request to have 'Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week'
TopNews United States
A mother, who lost her daughter, has urged to have `Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week'. Katie Haines, 31, died after inhaling carbon monoxide fumes and was detected by her husband. Avril Samuel, mother of Katie, shared her daughter's story. She affirmed ...

The lowest U.L. 2034 carbon monoxide alarm test point is:
70 PPM to 149 PPM –
resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions.


 Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce
SAINT PAUL, MN – Each year about 50,000 people visit emergency rooms in the United States for CO poisoning, and more than 500 die each year from this silent, odorless, colorless gas. As part of Winter Hazard Awareness Week (November 5-9), the Minnesota Department of Commerce warns Minnesotans of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and to take steps to avoid this “silent killer.”

Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com
Carbon Monoxide Information Website ... Carbon Monoxide Useful Links · Contact ... Get the Top ten carbon monoxide safety tips sent to your inbox:

Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland - By Andy Neill

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 video using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

· 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.

American Red Cross - disaster relief

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