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Carbon monoxide safety, we are all in this together.
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Brian Tracy (1944, bio link)
"Against the Wind" Bob Seger - music link, vintage live
How much carbon monoxide are you in when in any motor vehicle?
Did you know that many people do not measure the air they live in?
After prevention there is no greater awareness than measurement.
Featured News Links – More news links below
Canby-area woman promotes carbon monoxide alarms after close call
OregonLive.com
Kendra Platt knew she dodged a bullet when she, her boyfriend and their cat barely survived severe carbon monoxide poisoning Monday… Now, she wants to tell everyone with gas heat or appliances to install life-saving carbon monoxide alarms – make that several alarms… "We installed four yesterday, when we got home from the hospital," Platt said. "The heating company is fixing the problem today…
'You may never wake up': Why carbon monoxide detectors can save your life
CBC.ca
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a silent killer that you can't see, smell or taste, which is why it's the law to have detectors in all Ontario homes… But one day after a two-year-old girl and her parents were treated for CO poisoning in Etobicoke, some have wondered why they aren't mandatory in non-residential buildings… Sarah Hendershott is a parent who isn't sure why this safety measure hasn't been implemented in Toronto's public schools…
Portable carbon monoxide monitors likely saved a life in St. Joseph County
WSBT-TV
Clay Fire Territory recently got eight small carbon monoxide detectors through a homeland security grant. Less than a week after clipping them onto the medical bags they carry into calls, it went off… Fire Capt. Chad Hess remembers what, at first, appeared to be a typical Tuesday call… "Close to 9 in the morning we responded for a male with chest pains, which is pretty routine," he recalled… But when Hess and his crew stepped into a home just a few blocks from their fire station on Cleveland Road, their new carbon monoxide detector lit up… Hess instructed another firefighter to retrieve a different gas detector off the fire engine to confirm. That detector showed a carbon monoxide reading higher than 400 parts per million…
Porter moves to require CO detectors for rentals
Chesterton Tribune
The Porter Town Council on Tuesday set its next meeting for second reading on an ordinance requiring landlords to install carbon monoxide detectors in all types of rental properties… Like the current smoke detector ordinance, the property owners would have to certify in writing to the Town’s fire department that carbon monoxide detectors are installed and are in proper working condition…
Program facilitates alarms
The Chronicle Journal
A partnership between Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, Union Gas and the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council has started a new program aimed to get smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms where people are not physically or financially able to get one installed…
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?
Time to get ready for winter weather
Norman Transcript
Scott Sproat, director of the OSDH Emergency Preparedness and Response Service, said it’s important to use caution when heating a home with a fireplace, space heater or wood stove, using them only when they are properly vented… “You can protect yourself from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning by installing a battery-operated CO detector,” Sproat said. “Never use generators, grills, camp stoves or similar devices inside the house, in basements, in garages or near windows.”
Six Lawsuits Filed Against Chicago Public Schools for Carbon Monoxide Leak While Hospitalized 78
Skyline
According to the Chicago Sun Times, there are currently six separate lawsuits which allege negligence of CPS for the leak, which occurred on Oct. 30… The incident quickly made national headlines because it didn’t just involve a small carbon monoxide leak; as CNN and NBC News both reported, 71 elementary school students and eight adults were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning…
Chicago school where leak sickened 80 to get new boiler
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Public Schools will install a new boiler at the Northwest Side elementary school where carbon monoxide gas sickened nearly 80 children…
West Harrison County woman escapes house fire unharmed
The Sun Herald
Working smoke detectors may have saved the life of a Saucier woman who escaped a house fire unharmed Monday night… Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said a home on Mississippi 53 near Herman Ladner Road in Saucier caught fire about 11:15 Monday night. Sullivan said Virginia Stewart was awakened when smoke detectors went off…
Update
Bad exhaust fan caused 'massive' carbon monoxide leak in Duquesne retirement home, officials say
Tribune-Review
“The motor for the exhaust fan malfunctioned, creating a buildup of carbon monoxide,” said Nancy Metzger, vice president of operations for Congregate Management Services… The company runs the retirement home on South Sixth Street where 47 of 55 apartments are occupied… “There was a massive carbon monoxide leak throughout the building,” Duquesne fire Chief Andrew Fedor said…
A well put together video is found with the next link, but remember U.L. 2034 Listed CO Alarms are high level alarms. Use them for protection against accute levels, but be aware you can still experience symptoms of the poisoning even though the devices are in place.
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
DailyMotion
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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 | Massachusetts| Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
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
"Against the Wind" Bob Seger - music link, vintage live
How much carbon monoxide are you in when in any motor vehicle?
Did you know that many people do not measure the air they live in?
After prevention there is no greater awareness than measurement.
Featured News Links – More news links below
Canby-area woman promotes carbon monoxide alarms after close call
OregonLive.com
Kendra Platt knew she dodged a bullet when she, her boyfriend and their cat barely survived severe carbon monoxide poisoning Monday… Now, she wants to tell everyone with gas heat or appliances to install life-saving carbon monoxide alarms – make that several alarms… "We installed four yesterday, when we got home from the hospital," Platt said. "The heating company is fixing the problem today…
'You may never wake up': Why carbon monoxide detectors can save your life
CBC.ca
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a silent killer that you can't see, smell or taste, which is why it's the law to have detectors in all Ontario homes… But one day after a two-year-old girl and her parents were treated for CO poisoning in Etobicoke, some have wondered why they aren't mandatory in non-residential buildings… Sarah Hendershott is a parent who isn't sure why this safety measure hasn't been implemented in Toronto's public schools…
Portable carbon monoxide monitors likely saved a life in St. Joseph County
WSBT-TV
Clay Fire Territory recently got eight small carbon monoxide detectors through a homeland security grant. Less than a week after clipping them onto the medical bags they carry into calls, it went off… Fire Capt. Chad Hess remembers what, at first, appeared to be a typical Tuesday call… "Close to 9 in the morning we responded for a male with chest pains, which is pretty routine," he recalled… But when Hess and his crew stepped into a home just a few blocks from their fire station on Cleveland Road, their new carbon monoxide detector lit up… Hess instructed another firefighter to retrieve a different gas detector off the fire engine to confirm. That detector showed a carbon monoxide reading higher than 400 parts per million…
Porter moves to require CO detectors for rentals
Chesterton Tribune
The Porter Town Council on Tuesday set its next meeting for second reading on an ordinance requiring landlords to install carbon monoxide detectors in all types of rental properties… Like the current smoke detector ordinance, the property owners would have to certify in writing to the Town’s fire department that carbon monoxide detectors are installed and are in proper working condition…
Program facilitates alarms
The Chronicle Journal
A partnership between Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, Union Gas and the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council has started a new program aimed to get smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms where people are not physically or financially able to get one installed…
Carbon monoxide intoxication.
nih.gov
However individuals with ischemic heart disease may experience chest pain and decreased exercise duration at COHb levels between 1% and 9%. COHb levels between 30% and 70% lead to loss of consciousness and eventually death…
nih.gov
However individuals with ischemic heart disease may experience chest pain and decreased exercise duration at COHb levels between 1% and 9%. COHb levels between 30% and 70% lead to loss of consciousness and eventually death…
NOTE: Listed U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 Carbon Monoxide Alarms
VISUAL DISPLAY:
Must not display under 30PPM in normal operation
AT 70, 150 & 400 PPM display must be accurate within plus or minus 30 Percent
SENSITIVITY TESTING: Resist alarming first times shown, must by second shown time
70PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 5PPM ... [BETWEEN 60 _ 240 MINUTES]
150PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 5PPM] ... [10 - 50 MINUTES]
400PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 10PPM ... [4 _ 15 MINUTES]
“CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE & BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL DAILY!” George Kerr - CO Experts
More news links below –
VISUAL DISPLAY:
Must not display under 30PPM in normal operation
AT 70, 150 & 400 PPM display must be accurate within plus or minus 30 Percent
SENSITIVITY TESTING: Resist alarming first times shown, must by second shown time
70PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 5PPM ... [BETWEEN 60 _ 240 MINUTES]
150PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 5PPM] ... [10 - 50 MINUTES]
400PPM [PLUS OR MINUS 10PPM ... [4 _ 15 MINUTES]
“CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE & BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL DAILY!” George Kerr - CO Experts
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
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
Norman Transcript
Scott Sproat, director of the OSDH Emergency Preparedness and Response Service, said it’s important to use caution when heating a home with a fireplace, space heater or wood stove, using them only when they are properly vented… “You can protect yourself from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning by installing a battery-operated CO detector,” Sproat said. “Never use generators, grills, camp stoves or similar devices inside the house, in basements, in garages or near windows.”
Six Lawsuits Filed Against Chicago Public Schools for Carbon Monoxide Leak While Hospitalized 78
Skyline
According to the Chicago Sun Times, there are currently six separate lawsuits which allege negligence of CPS for the leak, which occurred on Oct. 30… The incident quickly made national headlines because it didn’t just involve a small carbon monoxide leak; as CNN and NBC News both reported, 71 elementary school students and eight adults were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning…
Chicago school where leak sickened 80 to get new boiler
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Public Schools will install a new boiler at the Northwest Side elementary school where carbon monoxide gas sickened nearly 80 children…
West Harrison County woman escapes house fire unharmed
The Sun Herald
Working smoke detectors may have saved the life of a Saucier woman who escaped a house fire unharmed Monday night… Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said a home on Mississippi 53 near Herman Ladner Road in Saucier caught fire about 11:15 Monday night. Sullivan said Virginia Stewart was awakened when smoke detectors went off…
Update
Bad exhaust fan caused 'massive' carbon monoxide leak in Duquesne retirement home, officials say
Tribune-Review
“The motor for the exhaust fan malfunctioned, creating a buildup of carbon monoxide,” said Nancy Metzger, vice president of operations for Congregate Management Services… The company runs the retirement home on South Sixth Street where 47 of 55 apartments are occupied… “There was a massive carbon monoxide leak throughout the building,” Duquesne fire Chief Andrew Fedor said…
Sit and rest a while; miss the children, prevent repeating this tragedy.
Corfu carbon monoxide deaths: Memorial unveiled in Horbury
BBC News
A memorial bench to two young children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Corfu has been unveiled in West Yorkshire…
Corfu carbon monoxide deaths: Memorial unveiled in Horbury
BBC News
A memorial bench to two young children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Corfu has been unveiled in West Yorkshire…
How to use a Fire Extinguisher
VideoNex
In this informative and succinct video, learn how to identify and appropriately execute the use of a CO2 Fire Extinguisher…
VideoNex
In this informative and succinct video, learn how to identify and appropriately execute the use of a CO2 Fire Extinguisher…
Cdc Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
New Movie Release 2015
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Public domain video from CDC. Carbon monoxide (sometimes referred to as CO) is a colorless, odorless gas produced ...
New Movie Release 2015
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Public domain video from CDC. Carbon monoxide (sometimes referred to as CO) is a colorless, odorless gas produced ...
CO EXperts
Johnson County Kansas - Continuing Education – – Video Link
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
DailyMotion
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
JEMS.com - ...site has been designed with this in mind – to create a visual, interactive, educational resource which can hopefully end incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning and save lives… For more information, please visit - www.thesilentkiller.co.uk
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
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:
- 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:
- U.S. Drought Monitor
- Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association
· 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 | Massachusetts| Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island |Tennessee
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
West Virginia
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
West Virginia
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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