Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News March 31, 2015 – 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.
Carbon monoxide safety, we are all in this together.


“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, bio link)

"Fast Car" Tracy Chapman - music link

Featured News Links – More news links below
Courthouse evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
The Herald Argus
Visitors and staff wait outside the La Porte County Courthouse on Monday after a carbon monoxide leak caused an evacuation of the building...

Mustio carbon monoxide bill passes House
Timesonline.com
The bill was first introduced in 2008 after a boiler malfunctioned at Rochester Manor and Villa and carbon monoxide sickened several people, including a Vanport Township couple, David and Regina Householder, who later died…

Minnesota Mom Behind CO Detector Giveaway
Firehouse.com
On Saturday, she watched it unfold as nearly 400 carbon monoxide detectors went out the door of the Oronoco Fire Department…
More news links below -

We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit: 

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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.

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) or lower.

You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.

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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.

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. 
GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Emergency Crews Investigated CO at Manchester Church
NBC Connecticut
Eight students and one faculty member at a Manchester church fell ill Monday afternoon after fumes from a chemical used during maintenance work got into the building's ventilation system, according to the fire department…

Fire chief: Faulty furnace caused fatal CO leak
WDTN
VANDALIA, Ohio (WDTN) – The Vandalia Fire Department is blaming a faulty furnace for an apparent fatal carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend...

Reduced Air Pollution Promotes Improved Children's Lung Health, Study Finds
AccuWeather.com
Improved air quality has led to significant positive impacts on children's lung function during the important teenage development years as a result of air quality standards, James Gauderman of the University of Southern California said...

Ozone air pollution could harm women's fertility
Medical Xpress
Many urban and suburban areas have high levels of ground-level ozone, an air pollutant that can adversely affect lung and heart health. New research in mice suggests breathing high levels of ozone could also affect women's ability to conceive… The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency uses the color-coded air quality index to communicate daily levels of air pollutants including ozone...

Carbon Monoxide Safety - El Paso County, Colorado, Public Service Announcement

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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | 
  
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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Monday, March 30, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News March 30, 2015 – 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.
Carbon monoxide safety, we are all in this together.


“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” Bruce Lee (1940-1973, bio link)

Featured News Links – More news links below
Fatal first nation fire highlights the importance of operating smoke detectors
New York Recorder
According to MyHealth.Alberta.ca, it’s also critical to have carbon monoxide detectors. The site says death is commonly brought on by breathing in the smoke and toxic gases from a fire, not from being burned. Poisonous gases designed through a fire, like carbon monoxide, can immediately bring about a individual to grow to be confused and disoriented…

Oberkorn: Man suffers severe carbon monoxide poisoning
Luxemburger Wort - English Edition
(CS) A man and woman had to be rescued from their home by fire fighters wearing respiratory protection after a gas leak caused them to suffer carbon ...

Fire safety in mobile homes
WGME
They were installing free fire and carbon monoxide detectors while also talking about fire escape plans with residents. Officials said they chose mobile home parks because fires can be difficult to fight there…

Bristol, VA house fire leaves three homeless
WCYB
So everyone needs to be alert to having working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in their home…
More news links below -

We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit: 

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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.

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) or lower.

You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.

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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.

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. 
GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
How everyday life affects air quality in your home
Connacht Tribune Group
In 2014, the World Health Organisation released new data that attributes one in eight of total global deaths to air pollution exposure,… These findings are in addition to air pollution’s role in the development of respiratory diseases, acute respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases…

Return to rail could improve air quality
Lewistown Sentinel
Especially now, that is something Americans should desire, for two reasons. First, of course, is the amount of diesel fuel that could be saved, thus reducing our dependence on other nations for oil. Second is the potential to reduce air pollution… Railroads are much more efficient than trucks in moving cargo. A ton of freight can be transported 457 miles on one gallon of diesel fuel in a locomotive, according to the Association of American Railroads…

China sees through its coal-fired haze what Alabama cannot
AL.com
Beijing, which is so polluted they take pictures of the smog from space, will close the last of its big coal-fired power plants next year, according to a report by Bloomberg. In Alabama, where public officials contend climate change is nothing but an Obama conspiracy, Alabama runs six coal-fired plants and complains about regulations to make them burn cleaner…In Alabama, where leaders ignored the fact that its largest city for years could not recruit industry because of failing air quality standards, leaders scream about state mining jobs that employ 6,000 people, arguing that we have the right to pollute as we please…

Carbon Monoxide Safety - El Paso County, Colorado, Public Service Announcement

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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | 
  
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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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News March 29, 2015 – 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.
Carbon monoxide safety, we are all in this together.


“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.” Joan Rivers (1933-2014, bio link)

"Superman's Song" Crash Test Dummies - music link

Featured News Links – More news links below
Tom Rinaldi Reader's View: Carbon monoxide detectors are driving us nuts
Troy Record
I have something that's driving me nuts, so let me get on my soap box. Carbon monoxide detectors or alarms have a limited life, they do not last forever ...

One Dead in Gas Leak in Vandalia
WKEF ABC 22
VANDALIA -- Authorities are on scene of a possible carbon monoxide leak at the Brookfield Apartments, 137 Maple Street…

Tenants with code violations afraid of being put out on the street
Mid-Hudson News
NEWBURGH – The recent deaths of three Newburgh residents from carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes has brought the issue of code violations to the surface. A group of community activists, Newburgh and Orange County officials gathered Saturday to discuss the growing concerns about code violations and their potential for injury or death of city residents. That concern goes beyond just their health and safety, Newburgh Ministry Executive Director Colin Jarvis told the forum…

Carbon Monoxide Detector Distribution
KAALtv.com
(ABC 6 News) -- More than 10 years after carbon monoxide killed a 3-year-old girl in Oronoco, the community is still working to keep neighbors safe.
More news links below -

We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit: 

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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.

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) or lower.

You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.

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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.

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. 
GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Orange County Officials Hope to Educate Residents About Dangers of Carbon Monoxide
TWCNews.com
Orange County officials are shadowing health officials Saturday to help educate residents about the dangers carbon monoxide…

Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
The Tand D.com
At the onset of cold weather, we begin operating appliances and equipment that can generate carbon monoxide gas. This includes…

Fines going up for fire code violations
The Chronicle Journal
The new fines relate to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, door closures, fire extinguishers, and required records for fire safety equipment and ...

Carbon Monoxide Safety - El Paso County, Colorado, Public Service Announcement

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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | 
  
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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