CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
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TODAY - CO News links Posted December 12, 2012
Carbon Monoxide Scare In Lexington Home
LEX18 Lexington KY News
A carbon monoxide detector provided warning, and a Lexington family escaped a home with high levels of CO inside early Wednesday morning. Firefighters say residents in a home along Fourth Street were grilling inside their garage when the carbon ...
As Cold Front Approaches, PG&E Shares Safety Tips On Home Heating And ...
Daily Markets
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, tasteless and odorless gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels and wood. In general, properly installed and maintained natural gas appliances produce very little to no carbon monoxide. However, if unsafe ...
Take care with propane appliances when staying in portable and mobile camping systems; carbon monoxide alarms should be present to alert the campers when levels are too high. Too high, of course depends upon your preference to how soon you want to be alerted and whether you want to accurately monitor rising levels if they develop. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Carbon monoxide from faulty fridge killed man - coroner
New Zealand Herald
A coroner has recommended that the Government review its safety messages around gas appliances in caravans, after a man died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty refrigerator. Ian Phillip Joyce, 81, died on December 30 or 31, 2010, in the caravan ...
Update
Saskatoon apartment building evacuated after carbon monoxide scare
StarPhoenix
Once the bag was removed and fresh air began circulating through the building, the CO levels dropped to appropriate levels. Carbon monoxide detectors are not mandatory in multi-unit living complexes. After evacuating the 30-unit building, fire crews called SaskEnergy, which is standard operating procedure for CO concentrations over 10 ppm.
Carbon Monoxide Detectors In Public Places
WKBW-TV
BUFFALO, NY - Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless toxin that can be deadly. A West Seneca family successfully passed Amanda's Law in New York State that says a carbon monoxide detector must be installed in all residential dwellings.
Texas
Atmos warns of carbon monoxide risk
Times Record News
With the winter heating season in full swing, Atmos Energy reminds customers to take steps in their homes to help prevent potentially fatal carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced by incomplete combustion in ...
First carbon monoxide poisoning of the season comes with cold weather
WFAA – TV Dallas/Fort Worth
"One of the problems with carbon monoxide is it's colorless, odorless and tasteless," said Dr. Jeff Stone, a hyperbaric medicine specialist at Texas Health Dallas. "He was unaware that he was having an exposure from his heater that wasn't vented properly.
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 CO-Experts Model 2014 Brochure
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
