Fighting fires: Keeping your family safe starts at home
Echo Pilot
Carbon monoxide detectors: Carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless and deadly. Some states have laws requiring carbon monoxide detectors, but every family ...
Carbon monoxide leak forces hotel evacuation
Madison Eagle
A carbon monoxide leak forced the evacuation of the Marriott Residence Inn in Budd Lake on Thursday, Oct. 22. Officer Phil Ryan was called to the hotel at ...
Interactions with Aerosols Boost Warming Potential of Some Gases
PhysOrg.com
“We've known for years that methane and carbon monoxide have a warming effect,” said Drew Shindell, a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for ...
Carbon monoxide: No. 1 cause of poisoning deaths
Port Times Record
Carbon monoxide is one of the greatest dangers associated with cool/cold weather months, along with fires and injuries. Mather Hospital offers the following ...
Turn clocks back this weekend
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services spokeswoman Denell Boyd said this weekend is also a good time to change the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide ...
October 29, 2009
Protect your family from CO poisoning
Huron Daily Tribune
By Tribune Editors Carbon monoxide detectors have helped protect at least 28 Consumers Energy customers from the potentially deadly gas so far this year, ...
Change batteries along with clocks
The Daily Evergreen
... Washington State Fire Marshal Esther Hernandez wants to remind residents to change the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. ...
Importance of Carbon Monoxide Alarms
KKTV 11 News
I felt a little like Santa loading up the sleigh... putting 100 carbon monoxide alarms in a little wagon. I then began cruising the sidewalks of Colorado ...
October 28, 2009
3 Rushed To Hospital With Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
ThePittsburghChannel.com
Three people were rushed to the hospital Tuesday night with signs of Carbon Monoxide poisoning, emergency dispatchers said. Emergency crews were called to a ...
Senior found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning
C&G Newspapers
By Terry Oparka TROY — Police found a 92-year-old man who lived alone dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his Troy home, likely caused by a raccoon that ...
October 27, 2009
RSES Members Attend Carbon Monoxide Safety Training
Air Conditioning/Heating/Refrigeration, the NEWS
ELGIN, Ill. — The Fox Valley Chapter of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) conducted carbon monoxide safety training for…
Owner of OC Hotel Pleads Guilty in Carbon Monoxide Leak Case
WBOC TV 16
OCEAN CITY, Md.- The owner of the Americana Hotel in Ocean City pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts of failure to provide carbon monoxide detectors as ...
CO leak closes road
ABC7Chicago.com
... (WLS) -- Emergency crews had to close off a section of Irving Park Road Monday night after two people got sick from high levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Fashionable Tribute to FIU Student
NBC Miami
Janelle was just 19 when she and 25-year-old Anthony Perez were found dead in a van in Weston, the victims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Couple's Death
Northland Press
Longville, MN - Cass County authorities report last week that two people were found dead in a rural Longville cabin on Saturday, October 17 at approximately ...
UDOT and homeowners prepare for winter weather
KSL-TV
"We're going to go ahead now and check for carbon monoxide in the flue. This will tell us how clean the furnace is burning," he explained. ...
Elderly housing in Watertown has carbon monoxide scare
Watertown TAB & Press
By Jen Thomas, staff writer The Fire Department responded to a carbon monoxide detector activation at 100 Warren Street Housing, where many seniors live, ...
Wheeling man dies of carbon monoxide while repairing cycle
Chicago Daily Herald
By Lee Filas | Daily Herald Staff A Wheeling man died Saturday after suffering carbon monoxide intoxication while working on his motorcycle inside his ...
October 26, 2009
Jamestown church to be inspected after carbon monoxide scare
WDAY
Five people were flown to the Twin Cities for exposure to carbon monoxide at First Congregational Church. The pastor says ventilation problems may have led ...
Kids share families' emergency plans
Denver Post
By Jordan Steffen Devin Frary, right, 10, and Hali Alvarez, 12, discover Sunday how difficult it is to detect carbon monoxide as they sniff containers that ...
Smoke, carbon monoxide killed 3 western Pa. kids
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office says smoke and carbon monoxide poisoning killed three children trapped in an early-morning fire in a ...
Air pollution in Jakarta drops on car-free day
Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) announced on Sunday that the amount of dust particles had decreased by 34 percent, Carbon Monoxide (CO) ...
Carbon monoxide wafts into Ice Castle Arena in Castle Shannon
Tribune Review
By The Tribune-Review An idling ambulance caused a brief carbon monoxide scare at the Ice Castle Arena on Castle Shannon Boulevard on Saturday afternoon, ...
Carbon monoxide detectors key tool in avoiding poisoning
London Free Press
By THE CANADIAN PRESS How they work: Carbon monoxide detectors continuously monitor levels of carbon monoxide in the air and sound an alarm when a harmful ...
Thinking warmth? Think safety first
West Central Tribune
Five transported in Jamestown carbon monoxide scare
In-Forum
The five transported to Minneapolis were the most seriously affected by the carbon monoxide. To help them recover, doctors in Minneapolis treated them in a ...
OC fire chief: Fine needed in gas citation
Bethany Beach Wave
Americana Hotel owner Salvatore Rinaldi was cited by the fire marshal for 10 counts of not having carbon monoxide detectors, which is against the law for ...
October 23, 2009
Approximately 30 youth treated at Jamestown Hospital ER for Carbon Monoxide
Jamestown Sun
The children were being treated for possible carbon monoxide exposure following an overnight event at the First Congregational Church in Jamestown. ...
Hotel owner pleads guilty in CO leak
Washington Examiner
The owner of a boardwalk hotel where a carbon monoxide leak sickened several people over the summer has pleaded guilty to failure to provide carbon monoxide ...
October 22, 2009
Fire officials warn residents about seasonal dangers
MetroWest Daily News
By David Riley/Daily News staff A possible carbon monoxide poisoning death in Stow and a deck fire sparked by discarded fireplace ashes in Ashland are both ...
Carbon-monoxide detectors key tool in avoiding poisoning
The Canadian Press
Facts and tips about carbon-monoxide detectors: How they work: Carbon monoxide detectors continuously monitor levels of carbon monoxide in the air and sound ...
Carbon monoxide tragedy leaves powerful legacy nearly a year later
The Canadian Press
What Richard Hawkins didn't know was that the small exhaust vent that funnelled carbon monoxide from the gas fireplace out through the chimney was ...
Hyperbaric oxygen scarce, hotly debated
CTV.ca
Putting a patient suffering from serious exposure to carbon monoxide inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber is a recognized treatment for swiftly decreasing the ...
October 21, 2009
Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends 4 to Hospital
ABC2 News
Four people were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. One patient was a young child. None of the patients were in critical condition but ...
Carbon monoxide leak at Lenton house
This is Nottingham
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a carbon monoxide leak at a house in Lenton last night. It followed reports of a gas leak at a house in Kimbolton Avenue at ...
Carbon monoxide alarms provided to families
Summit Daily News
To help raise awareness, Kidde donated 48 carbon monoxide alarms to Safe Kids Central Mountains for distribution in low-income homes. ...
Carbon monoxide danger
KJCT8.com
GRAND JUNCTION (KJCT)- Turning on your furnace to fight cooler temperatures brings a danger: carbon monoxide poisoning. You can't see it or smell it. ...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends Couple To Hospital
WOWT
The Omaha Fire Department was called to a home after a woman found her elderly parents unresponsive; both suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Police: 2 Sick From Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WJLA
WASHINGTON, DC - DC Fire and EMS officials say they are investigating a situation where two people may be sick from carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning ruled in couple's death
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
LONGVILLE - A husband and wife who were found dead Saturday afternoon in their cabin near Longville died from acute carbon monoxide poisoning, ...
October 20, 2009
Police: 2 Sick From Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
News Channel 8
WASHINGTON, DC - DC Fire and EMS officials say at least two people have been hospitalized after becoming ill from carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday morning. ...
Corgi Trust Calls For 'Scrappage' Of Boilers To Reduce Gas Bills
Energy Business Review
... could reduce the UK's carbon footprint by almost 1%, reduce domestic gas bills by 24% and help reduce the risk of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning. ...
Teen tried to save grandmother
Danville Commercial News
Johnson still was waiting on toxicology results to give the exact levels of carbon monoxide in their systems, before deeming that it's definite carbon ...
Pollution hits a high, thanks to crackers
Times of India
While the carbon dioxide count was 0.09%, carbon monoxide measured 0.007%. The reason, said experts, were smoke-emanating crackers that were burst in larger ...
Breath of fresh air for water authority
Boston Herald
And over on the wall, past the diesel engines and flatbed trucks, an industrial-strength carbon monoxide monitor reads “1.” MWRA fleet services manager ...
Dominion Offers Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips for Customers
SYS-CON Media (press release)
October 19, 2009
Carbon monoxide leak in family home
This is North Devon
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Bideford after a carbon monoxide alarm began sounding at a family home. Two fire crews from Bideford and one from Barnstaple ...
Colorado law requiring carbon-monoxide alarms rarely enforced
Denver Post
By Carlos Illescas AURORA — Colorado's new law requiring homes to have carbon-monoxide detectors is being applied inconsistently — or not at all — by Front ...
Fire officials ready detectors
Parkersburg News
The fire department recently received $5000 in CDBG funds to purchase smoke detectors and combination carbon monoxide detectors for families who qualify. ...
Carbon Monoxide Scare at Vernon Apartment Building
NBC Connecticut
Vernon Police responded to 133 West Main Street where they found two residents suffering from headache and fatigue, symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Family fine after carbon monoxide incident
Calgary CTV
A family of eight is doing fine despite high levels of carbon monoxide in their home. The family called 911 after one of the children said they were having ...
October 16, 2009
“The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory.” Aldo Gucci
Family safe after carbon monoxide scare
660 News
The Calgary Fire Department is reminding everyone to take precautions against carbon monoxide poisoning after a northeast family narrowly escaped tragic ...
anada's "silent killer"
Brantford Expositor
Carbon monoxide, appropriately dubbed the "silent killer," becomes a major threat at this time each year as the cold weather arrives and furnaces and ...
Carbon monoxide levels force evacuation
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
Dozens of residents at a high-rise in Downtown Jersey City were evacuated from their apartments last night due to high carbon monoxide levels. ...
Poison gas may carry a medical benefit
Boston Globe
The hospital believes it has found protective properties in carbon monoxide. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff By Carolyn Y. Johnson For more than a century, ...
Couple Survives Carbon Monoxide Scare
KCTV5 News
The firefighters were called to the house after the couple in the house were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide. The family, which lives on West ...
Groups renew program to provide free smoke, carbon monoxide detectors
Glens Falls Post-Star
The United Way is accepting applications from seniors in Warren and Washington counties for the free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, or to have a fire ...
Asbestos-Riddled Boiler Causes Cancer Concerns
Mesothelioma.com
Carbon monoxide detectors at the scene alerted residents and workers to the problem, and the building was evacuated while the local fire department examined ...
October 15, 2009
It's time to get your furnace, fireplace inspected
Livonia Observer
Every year, there are reports of carbon monoxide poisonings due to damaged or improperly vented appliances. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, ...
Carbon monoxide leak threatens family
Inside Housing
A Northern Ireland Housing Executive tenant and her family narrowly escaped serious carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty fire. Stacey Smith, 22, had only ...
Caregiver saves elderly couple from gas poisoning
Hamilton Spectator
A visiting caregiver's timely arrival likely saved the lives of two Port Colborne seniors found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home ...
Industry Built From Scratch
New York Times
Others break the cellulose into simpler components, like hydrogen and carbon monoxide. These can be re-formed into hydrocarbon molecules that can be used in ...
Carbon monoxide sickens two at Northeast Side business
San Antonio Express
By Eva Ruth Moravec - SAEN Carbon monoxide leaked into a San Antonio Water System sewer line Wednesday morning, causing five people at a nearby Northeast ...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - What You Should Know
Canada NewsWire (press release)
... to prevent deadly exposure to the serious hazards of Carbon Monoxide (CO) - an invisible, odourless, poisonous gas that can kill in just minutes. ...
October 14, 2009
Meals on Wheels in Orange back in business following CO leak
KFDM-TV News
The Meals on Wheels program is back in business in Orange County, one day after a carbon monoxide leak shut down the building . Each day hundreds of people ...
38 percent accounted for in OC detector checks
Bethany Beach Wave
At the meeting, Mayor Rick Meehan asked Villani what the penalty could be for anyone who lies on their certification about having a carbon monoxide detector ...
CO Detectors critical to preventing carbon monoxide poisonings
Stamford Plus Magazine
A 2008 CDC/CTDPH survey of households in Connecticut found that nearly 40% of households did not have a carbon monoxide detector in their home. ...
October 13, 2009
Family falls ill due to Carbon Monoxide
MyFoxOrlando.com
Carbon Monoxide dangers are real! An Orlando family experienced it for themselves on Monday Darneshia King, along with three relatives, had to be pulled out ...
With Colder Weather Approaching, PECO Advises Homeowners to Test Heaters Soon
Reuters
A properly functioning and well-maintained house heater and water heater is the best line of defense against the possibility of carbon monoxide (CO) ...
Carbon Monoxide Forces 2 From Home
WPXI.com
Larry Mitchell reported dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide in his home on North Graham Avenue. Firefighters responded to the call by opening all the ...
Carbon monoxide leak forces school closure
The Aurora Sentinel
By BRANDON JOHANSSON AURORA | A carbon monoxide leak forced St. Therese Catholic School in north Aurora to close Monday, sending all of its students home ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning affects 5 South Bend residents
South Bend Tribune
It happened in the 1600 block of South High Street, southeast of downtown. No information has been released on their conditions. ...
Grand Traverse County Family Recovering From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
9&10 News
A family of four is recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning that happened inside their home. A colleague of one of the parents found the family ...
Tips to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
9&10 News
Carbon monoxide is colorless, tasteless and odorless, bust most of all it is extremely poisonous. According to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, ...
Carbon monoxide forces residents from Jersey City apartment building
NJ.com
Some rooms are testing higher than normal readings of carbon monoxide so residents are not being allowed back into their apartments, Jersey Journal staff ...
October 12, 2009
OC to review carbon monoxide compliance
Delmarva Now
Ocean City in 2007 passed a law that says any multifamily dwelling, like a condominium or hotel, must have carbon monoxide detectors installed if it uses ...
Markets, malls clouded with chemicals
China Daily
Bureau officials tested for formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sniffable particulate matter. Approximately 79 percent of the buildings had ...
WFD giving away smoke, CO detectors
WDEL 1150AM
By Frank Gerace If you're a Wilmington resident in need of a smoke or carbon monoxide detector for your home, you can get them by stopping at any city fire ...
Eastfield woman's death caused by carbon monoxide gas
Scarborough Today
By Laura Crothers A SCARBOROUGH woman who was found dead in her kitchen next to her pet dog's body was overcome by carbon monoxide funes, an inquest heard. ...
Deadly fumes could have killed my entire family
Belfast Telegraph
A young mother has told how her entire family could have been “wiped out” by carbon monoxide poisoning if she hadn't installed a safety counter hours before ...
It's Time to Check Your Heater
KTEN
Basically check the carbon monoxide levels to make sure they're appropriate." "we do spring before we turn the ac on and we do fall before we turn the ...
October 8, 2009
Carbon Monoxide Leak Prompts Pampa School to EvacuateNewsWest9.com
By Megan Moore Pampa, Texas - A carbon monoxide leak at Pampa High School prompted school officials to evacuate all students and shut down for the day on ...
Family hospitalised for carbon monoxide poisoning
Austrian Times
By William Green A family of four were hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday (Weds) evening after a leak from a defective gas-powered water ...
Home Gensets Release Carbon Monoxide 100 Times That Of Cars
india-server.com
Research shows that, a portable generator releases 100 times more Carbon Monoxide than a car exhaust. It has been revealed by a group of scientists from the ...
Residents warned to prepare for carbon monoxide leaks
Beaver County Times
Health organizations are warning local residents to check furnaces for carbon monoxide leaks with the onset of colder weather and in the wake of a reported ...
OCEAN CITY: Fire Department notes carbon monoxide compliance
Bethany Beach Wave
Of these, approximately 70 percent have been provided with at least one carbon monoxide detector, or were not required to install carbon monoxide detectors. ...
Pizza Order Could Bring You Fire Safety Education
WMTV
With the City of Madison's new smoke alarm ordinance and the State's new rules for carbon monoxide going into effect, SafeKids and the Fire Department are ...
October 7, 2009
Farmer died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Longleat homeThis is Wiltshire.co.uk
A problem with an aged Rayburn cooker led to him being killed by deadly carbon monoxide, when poisonous fumes were pumped into the house as a result of a ...
Four People Overcome By Carbon Monoxide On North Side
WPXI.com
PITTSBURGH -- Four people were rushed to Pittsburgh Hospitals Tuesday night after apparently being overcome by carbon monoxide. Emergency crews found one ...
Consumer body seeks 5300 faulty gas cookers
Irish Times
THE NATIONAL Consumer Agency has stepped up its campaign to locate more than 5000 gas cookers over fears that they could cause lethal carbon monoxide ...
Couple Recovering From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WKRC TV Cincinnati
John and Jane Moehring are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning after their neighbors found them incapacitated in their home. ...
For safer emergencies, give your power generator some space
EurekAlert (press release)
But these generators emit poisonous carbon monoxide—a single generator can produce a hundred times more of the colorless, odorless gas than a modern car's ...
What's in the Air at Your Local Ice Rink?
KSTP.com
Machines used to resurface ice are powered by gas, diesel or propane and produce carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide fumes that can hang in the air of ...
October 6, 2009
Rockford Fire Department warns of carbon monoxide dangersWREX-TV
AP News As we enter the furnace/heating season the Rockford Fire Department reminds everyone of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and the importance ...
Be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning
Messenger
CO Awareness, a charity who support those affected by Carbon Monoxide (CO), is holding its fourth national awareness week next month. ...
Carbon Monoxide Safety
WLNS
Entertainment News from AP. A close call in Jackson over the weekend after a carbon monoxide detector goes off in a home. It happened on Bowen St. Officials ...
Consumer Reports Latest Tests of Carbon-Monoxide and Smoke Alarms ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
YONKERS, NY, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Reports latest tests of 25 smoke and carbon-monoxide (CO) alarms found that being safe is much ...
October 5, 2009
Fire Safety Week Kicks OffWSET
Lynchburg Fire Marshal Greg Wormser says the symptoms for carbon monoxide poisoning feel like the flu. "The problem is, by the time you actually feel those ...
Store reopens after carbon monoxide scare
The News Journal
The Pathmark grocery store in Mill Creek has re-opened after a carbon monoxide leak forced the store's evacuation this morning. New Castle County Paramedics ...
11 Hospitalized after Lethal Carbon Monoxide Leak
Fox 59
A carbon monoxide leak at a Lawrence apartment complex hit lethal levels early Saturday morning. The gas forced the evacuation of ten apartments at the 8700 ...
Carbon monoxide suspected after 8 collapse at reception
Laconia Citizen
... at the American Legion in downtown Meredith was disrupted Saturday afternoon when eight people collapsed from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. ...
Paramedics Equipped With Carbon Monoxide Detectors
WJZ
The paramedics are now being equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. They're about the size of a pager and sound an alarm when exposed to high levels of ...
TRIAD offers carbon monoxide detectors for seniors, medication ...
Wicked Local Manchester
The first program will offer carbon monoxide alarms to Manchester senior citizens. The Friends of the Manchester Council on Aging will provide funding for ...
Exposure to ambient carbon monoxide linked with increased risk for ...
Cardiology Today
Short-term exposure to even low levels of carbon monoxide was associated with an increased risk for CVD hospitalization. Researchers conducted a time-series ...
Woman overcome by carbon monoxide saved by detector
The Patriot Ledger
Firefighters said a 68-year-old woman is alive today because of a carbon monoxide detector. The woman, who lives on Mansfield Street, dialed 911 at 8:37 am ...
October 2, 2009
Carbon Monoxide Detected, Family SavedWDIO-TV
That alarm, was the family's brand new carbon monoxide detector, and it was alerting them that their house's CO levels were getting dangerously high. ...
Turning Furnace On? Watch Out For Carbon Monoxide
WGRZ-TV
But a North Tonawanda mother wants to warn people after she had a scare with carbon monoxide. Mary Czarnecki felt sick. She had blurry vision and headaches ...
Editorial: All lawmakers need to step up to fix carbon monoxide ...
The Aurora Sentinel
The measure, passed by the Legislature earlier this year, sought to make it mandatory to install carbon monoxide detectors in every Colorado home, ...
October 1, 2009
Carbon monoxide forces residents from three homesLancaster Newspapers
Dangerous high carbon monoxide levels forced Rafael and Bethania Reyes and five children, as well as at least three occupants of two adjoining townhouses, ...
ASHRAE Wants Carbon Monoxide Alarms in Homes
Occupational Health Safety
... Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings, that would require carbon monoxide alarms to be installed outside each ...
Illinoisans warned about carbon monoxide poisoning
Chicago Tribune
AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants hunters, boaters and campers to be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide. ...
Removal of boiler filled air with carbon monoxide, raised concerns ...
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
... evacuated Monday after workers dismantling the equipment filled the air with dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, officials said. ...
No criminal charges in SUV carbon monoxide release at apartment
Tampa Tribune
The initial call said there was a sick person, but soon firefighters realized they were dealing with carbon monoxide poisoning. The vehicle Diamond had been ...
Furnace Season Heats Up Carbon Monoxide Fears
KETV.com
Forty-thousand people in the US are treated each year for carbon monoxide exposure, with 200 of those dying from CO poisoning. Jim Abraham, owner of Abraham ...
