Friday, March 9, 2012

March 9, 2012

Who is responsible for the air you breathe?

Change Clocks, Replace Batteries in Smoke Alarms, Carbon Monoxide Detectors ...
Sacramento Bee By Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 8, 2012 -- "It's a message that's repeated twice a year, and that's because it's important for people to realize that this simple step takes just a few minutes and it saves lives,"… State Fire Commissioner Ed Mann today urged residents to change the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors when they turn their clocks…

Gas fitter guilty of causing Zoe's death
This is Somerset
Zoe Anderson, 24, was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes as she showered at her family's home in Sion Road, Bath, in December 2010. The house had been "flooded" by the lethal fumes which leaked out of a faulty boiler flue pipe fitted days earlier by ...

Florida needs carbon monoxide detectors in homes businesses ...
HERNANDO TODAY of the Tampa Tribune
An elderly Boca Raton couple was about to take a trip to visit their son in San Francisco last week, but never made the flight. Instead, after going out to ...

Act named for family killed by carbon monoxide passes second reading
Woodstock Sentinel Review
The Ontario Legislature took a step toward making carbon monoxide detectors required in Ontario homes. Thursday, legislature gave second reading to Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman's private members bill, the Hawkins Gignac Act, which would prevent tragedies by making the detectors mandatory.... Visit: Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for CO Education

Carbon Monoxide Sickens 3 In Belton
KMBC
Kansas City -  Three people were overcome by carbon monoxide at a Belton home early Friday morning. KMBC's Brenda Washington reported that emergency crews received a 911 call about 1:30 am, but no one was on the line. Authorities went to the home in the 15900 Speaker ...