Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.” James Russell Lowell (1819-1891, bio link)
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps perhaps, to reference locations noted in CO News headlines
American Red Cross - disaster relief
When a combustion system like a furnace, boiler, wall, space or water heater produces dangerous levels of carbon monoxide under normal operating conditions and struggles at venting, the hazard increases.
These systems do not need to produce more than a trace of carbon monoxide when operating normally, and if they struggle at venting, the starting point of CO generation is low. If high, harmful levels are the starting point, the compounded generation of ever increasing levels of CO become deadlier and deadlier in concentration.
Your furnace technician, boiler engineer or anyone who is employed to assess the operating condition of your combustion system should be trained, certified, licensed, trained with continuing education credits and be equipped with the technology to satisfy best practice testing procedures in the performance verification of the equipment. If they don’t have the right stuff, they are not the right people to do work for you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
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Carbon Monoxide Safety for Those Who Need to Know
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Combustion Analysis for Heating Systems and other Combustion Appliances
Seminars hosted by Johnson County Contractor Licensing Program
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CO News Links –
Yukon to make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory
CBC.ca
The Yukon government is set to make it mandatory for homes to have a carbon-monoxide detector. The change to legislation would apply to every home that heats with an oil furnace and those with attached garages. Another change would require the use of ...
15 OTR residents evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
WXIX
Over a dozen people were evacuated from their homes after a carbon monoxide leak was detected on Friday evening. Emergency crews were called to an 8-unit apartment building in the 1300 block of Walnut Street just after 7 p.m. A woman called 911 after ...
The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Patch.com
Carbon Monoxide is found in combustion fumes, such as those produced by cars and trucks, small gasoline engines, stoves, lanterns, burning charcoal and wood, and gas ranges and heating systems. CO from these sources can build up in enclosed or ...
Richmond turns off heat after carbon monoxide scare at Civic Center complex
San Jose Mercury News
RICHMOND -- Carbon monoxide detected at the Civic Center Plaza this week forced the city to turn off heaters and initiate work on the heating and air systems at the recently renovated three-building complex, according to an email from Assistant City ...
The Blizzard's Biggest Killer — And How To Prevent It Next Time
WBUR
Each year 147 people die in cars from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. The technology to detect CO exists and is inexpensive. So why isn't it a standard feature? In the above photo, a boy digs around a car marked with a sign on a street in Windsor ...
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Take control 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-seven 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
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
Note this distraction from carbon monoxide poisoning:
Bald Eagle Camera Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera, Davenport, Iowa.
A friend of mine notified me that the pair of bald eagles has returned to their nest along the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The Alcoa Company has their web cam up and running and viewing of the nest is possible during daylight hours, Central Standard Time, US. UPDATE: Two eggs in the nest. The Alcoa Eagle website gives a good history of the pair and the company’s involvement with them. If you haven’t viewed this site through the hatching and growth of the eaglets, I think you may find it to be quite a live sight to see when you may have those periodic spare moments. This link will be posted on this site for those people who may wish to capture the link and watch the cycle of life of this nesting pair.
What does this have to do with carbon monoxide safety?
It is just a live web cam, perhaps a distraction from the headlines of death and injury. Please become aware of the air you breathe. Measurement is education. Measure your air accurately when measuring carbon monoxide. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
