Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900, bio link)
“Hey daddy, how come we can’t play outside today?”
The thought of equality is repugnant to some. However, carbon monoxide and combustion gasses poison everyone. The combustion gasses filling our air are causing air quality alerts in cities in all areas of the world, some worse than others. The alert is broadcast with the warnings “Stay indoors; reduce outdoor activity.”
The world’s economic engine would seem to leave us no choice as the fires of progress burn on, with the tenders frenzied with profiteering as the poisoning of themselves and others accelerates to economic demand.
Will our children stop us in time? As we explain business and laws to them are we telling them also that to do this, we have to poison the air? We can’t keep the truth from them for long.
On a local level, we can all monitor the air for carbon monoxide. Low levels of the gas begin to displace oxygen in our blood, all of us. Combustion engines from motor bikes to Lamborghinis can emit enough gas in a minute to make you sick or kill you. How much carbon monoxide and combustion gas do you want to breathe? Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links
Low Temps Spark Tips for Avoiding Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Patch.com
With sub-freezing nighttime lows forecast for many areas in Southern California through Monday morning, the Los Angeles Fire Department joined the Southern California Gas Co. today in reminding the public of safety tips to reduce the risk of carbon ...
We can't forget to monitor carbon monoxide
Colorado Springs Business Journal
A resident called 911 because the carbon monoxide alarm was going off and the family was not feeling well. Multiple alarms were sounding, and the fire department found two unconscious men in a unit that did not have an alarm. One man was dead at the ...
Follow up
Family in Angel Fire treated for carbon-monoxide poisoning
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
The Angel Fire Fire Department detected carbon monoxide in all four people after three of them went to the ultiMED clinic at Angel Fire Resort with flu-like symptoms Jan. 3, Bertges said. Symptoms include nausea, headaches, light-headedness, fatigue ...
New campaign warns Wirral residents of carbon monoxide threat
Wirral Globe
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service deputy chief officer Phil Garrigan said: "This campaign follows research work we undertook along with Liverpool John Moores University and West Midlands fire service where firefighters took readings of carbon monoxide ...
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Take control of carbon monoxide awareness inside your homes.
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
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
