Thursday, August 7, 2014

Carbon Monoxide News August 7, 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.


“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, bio link)

What is in the air you are breathing right now?
What will you be doing today; walking into poison?
Who will be responsible for the air you breathe?
You may be the only person who can prevent your own poisoning.


We are all vulnerable to carbon monoxide exposure and poisoning.
Everyone has been poisoned by CO and will be poisoned again. The degree of the poisoning depends upon allowing yourself to be in a situation where someone else controls the air you breathe and the mechanisms for alarming notification.

Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions that come with the unit. 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 as soon as the gas is present in your presence. Pregnant women, infants & children, people with heart & respiratory struggles, those suffering depression or chronic headaches and all people of vulnerable health should be alerted as soon as the gas begins to concentrate, around 10 PPM (parts per million).

Do not take risks with carbon monoxide. Take responsibility for the air you breathe and the combustion systems you are responsible for. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for others.

Help prevent injuries and deaths; don’t guess about carbon monoxide.

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
Carbon Monoxide Leak Closes Farmville Food Lion; 18-19 Workers Overcome
WITN
Their preliminary information indicates the employees were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide while doing remodeling work inside the store… 

Family of 6 lucky to be alive after carbon monoxide poisoning
YouTube from KXAN
A family in East Austin is lucky to be alive after suffering from severe carbon monoxide poisoning…

Seeley International gas wall furnace recalled over carbon monoxide poisoning threat
Appliance Retailer
A Seeley International gas wall furnace (WF2000 -30MJ) that was being sold up until this week has been recalled due to the risk of carbon monoxide ...

Barbecue smoke poisons five in NSW
Herald Sun
FIVE people, including two police officers, have suffered suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after a barbecue was lit inside a home in the state's ...

Carbon Monoxide Legislation Discussed
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
Making the announcement of an effort to require carbon monoxide detectors in all West Virginia schools are…

NIST 'Global City Teams Challenge' to Create Smart Cities
National Journal
"Many established cities have similar goals of improving air quality or delivering better health care-and emerging regions want to be smart from the ...

Boiler Maintenance: Protecting the Heart of Laundry/Linen Operations (Part 1)
American Laundry News
Regular checks, inspections key to safe usage
CHICAGO — “It’s very easy not to think about a boiler until something goes wrong.”…

Covanta's Burnaby plant approved for new electricity sale agreement
Solid Waste & Recycling
The waste is transferred to a combustion chamber where self-sustaining combustion is maintained at extremely high temperatures…

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 |
  |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | |Minnesota 
  
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 

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