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Carbon monoxide forces evacuation of patients and staff at Saddle River hospice
NorthJersey.com BY LINH TAT AND JUSTO BAUTISTA
SADDLE RIVER — Patients and staff members at the Villa Marie Claire hospice were evacuated Tuesday night after high readings of carbon monoxide were detected in the building's basement, a borough official said.
Note the quotes from the article: “Readings closer to 10 or 15 parts per million would trigger an emergency response,” Cuccia said. (the borough’s emergency management coordinator) “Even at the 10 parts per million level, we would evacuate a building on that,” …
And keep in mind that the UL-2034 /
CSA-6.19 Listed C O alarms have been tested and listed to alarm at 70, 150 and 400 PPM of carbon monoxide. By the time this alarm goes off, you are in a serious concentration of carbon monoxide. Get low level protection ASAP.
Carbon Monoxide Survivor Check in on this website made by poisoning survivors that brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to have been poisoned - as well as live with the long term impact.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-five U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
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