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Mother who lost daughter spreads word about carbon monoxide danger
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She did what no parent ever wants to do: bury her daughter, a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. Now it's her mission to make sure no parent has to go through what she has. 25-year-old Ashley Fritz's room sits untouched, as if she'll be home at any ...
Minnesota: Mandatory instruction on carbon monoxide poisoning
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A sprinkle of solar power in cement recipe
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A team of scientists at George Washington University, in the United States, has developed a way to use solar energy to produce cement without emitting any carbon dioxide. It's good news for the construction industry, which has been concerned about ...
E Mail request, 4-17-2012 to Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Hi Bob, Apparently the fire department was called out to a customer’s home for a CO alarm. The customer claims they found 40 PPM. When we were called in to check the furnace and WH, we found them drafting properly and having safe CO levels. The thing is that back in December, she had a similar situation. She’s a smoker, and we found 1-2ppm of CO in the home once the fire department had aired it out….the technician called to bounce some ideas off of you and see if you have an suggestions.
The fire department most likely (should have) filled out an incident report with the exact reading of CO they had on their test instruments; maybe you could get that to verify the customer’s claim. (This is also a good time to let the fire department know what you are doing and what test instruments & methodology you are utilizing to solve this problem. It his highly recommended to work cooperatively with fire & EMS in every community you work in. Discover and respect their carbon monoxide evacuation level criteria.)
If you do not have a CO data logger, this would be a good use for one. This means leaving the set up behind at your customers residence for a day or longer or when you are taking your measurements. A building pressure check progressed to worst case draft testing is always an advisable test to take particularly when Category I appliances (natural drafting) are involved.
This data logger may come in handy in other settings where you feel comfortable leaving something like this behind. (Reference Carbon Monoxide News supporter Fieldpiece for their data logger information.)
Once you have had the testing systems in place for a time period, review the readings with your customer. Maybe there was something done during peak periods your customer can recollect (guest smokers, appliance use variances, etc.,?). Perhaps show the customer how much carbon monoxide her cigarette affects the immediate air.
Another alternative would be to leave a CO Experts low level CO alarm behind with the memory cleared. The one set to go off at 25 PPM of CO in a smokers environment would be a better one than one set for 10 PPM in the case you referenced. Best of success with this, Bob.
Reply April 17, 2012 to Bob Dwyer:
That’s a great idea! We do have a continuous CO data logger that plots against time. I didn’t even think of using it. I just called her to suggest we put a monitor in her home. Thank you!
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Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
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