Thursday, December 27, 2012

Carbon Monoxide News December 27, 2012 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day

 Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963, bio link)

CO News Links
Man credits carbon monoxide detector for saving his life
KOMO News
The high-pitched, high-decibel noise was coming from a carbon monoxide detector in his kitchen, which had detected dangerous levels of the odorless, colorless gas. Quant opened all the windows and doors to his home, and later discovered his furnace had ...

Carbon monoxide on Christmas sends families out into cold
CBC.ca

Thirty-four Saskatoon families were evacuated from their homes on Christmas morning after carbon monoxide was detected in an apartment building. Fire crews were called to the building at 201 block of Avenue M South on the west side of the city before ...

Family Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
local15tv.vom

MOBILE, Alabama - A family of seven is hospitalized after carbon monoxide poisoning . It happened around 1 am Wednesday on Victory Drive East. Firefighters report ...

YMCA evacuated for carbon monoxide
Warren Tribune Chronicle

WARREN - Thirty or so people had to be evacuated from the downtown YMCA Wednesday morning due to a carbon monoxide scare. Executive Director Rich Denamen said an issue with the chimney was causing the exhaust from the boiler to be forced back ...

The lowest U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 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