Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Carbon Monoxide News March 18, 2014 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day. 
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.
We can learn from others mistakes and efforts to prevent poisoning.

“Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, bio link)

Help prevent injuries and deaths
Measure carbon monoxide for safety and knowledge. The more you test the more you learn. Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety 

CO and Air Quality News Links
'Funny smell' sickens 16 children at the Douglas, Mass., town hall
UPI.com
DOUGLAS, Mass., March 17 (UPI) -- A faulty oil-burning boiler leaked carbon monoxide into the Douglas, Mass., town hall Monday, sending as many…

Carbon monoxide top cause of death by poison in US
Central Kentucky News
The abnormally severe winter experienced this year has introduced more danger to the unsuspecting than just icy roads and frostbite. Failing furnaces ...

Son tells Star of finding his parents and brother dead in their Brampton home
Toronto Star
When Jerry arrived home, the carbon monoxide detector was going off, but the slow, quiet beeps weren't loud enough to wake the family. Friends said ...

Truckee man charged in 2 carbon monoxide deaths 
Porterville Recorder
Truckee man charged in 2 carbon monoxide deaths ... Truckee-based contractor whose negligence they say produced the carbon monoxide that killed ...

Carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in Ontario homes
Globalnews.ca
TORONTO – The province of Ontario passed a bill in late 2013 that made carbon monoxide (CO) detectors mandatory in most Ontario homes…

Carbon monoxide bill penned by Staten Island's Ignizio to get hearing
SILive.com
City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R-South Shore) introduced legislation to require carbon monoxide detectors in businesses and ...

Coal
National Geographic
In 2012 the world emitted a record 34.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Coal was the largest contributor. Cheap natural gas has ... 

Who is responsible for the air you breathe? 
Take control inside your homes. 
-Link to:  CO alarm standards  

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. Know when your fire department and emergency responders begin wearing their breathing apparatus and what their civilian evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide; it may be before 70 PPM. It is for pregnant women, infants & children, the elderly and all people of vulnerable health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety 

Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

These following links may be of some use to you: 

· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

National Conference of State Legislatures 
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes 

Twenty-eight U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Feb. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | MassachusettsMichigan |Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania |Rhode Island | Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia
  
Red Cross - Typhoon Appeal continues in the Philippines. Another please, with hopes of another thank you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Red Cross - Disaster Relief to safely assist law enforcement, fire department, utility company, city, county and state authorities as repair and rebuilding moves forward. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Nationally, the Red Cross provides food and shelter to people affected by as many as 70,000 fires annually, or about one fire every eight minutes.

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 

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