“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Carl Jung (1875-1961, bio link)
Respect fire; it’s everywhere
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs every day in many places. Craftsmen, laborers, supervisors, inspectors, emergency responders, clients & customers, family and friends need to know more about this health menace. Personally worn CO monitors as small or smaller than cell phones worn on every job can save the lives of some, improve health in many others and will find things to fix and/or repair and/or replace.
Unfortunately it usually takes an injury or a fatality for people around the accident to feel scared enough to purchase carbon monoxide protection. We live around fire and combustion systems since the day we are born and yet for many of us, fire is so taken for granted we forget it can kill us in several ways.
In the U.S. & Canada, the listed CO alarms must resist alarming until the test point of 70 PPM has been present for at least one hour and before four hours have lapsed. The next test point level is resist for 10 minutes when over 150 PPM of CO but must alarm before one hour(and be under the next test point of 400 PPM). The unit must resist the first 4 minutes when over the 400 PPM test point but must alarm before 15 minutes.
The European standard provided to me indicates carbon monoxide alarms were tested and required to alarm at levels of 50 PPM between 60 and 90 minutes, 100 PPM between 10 and 40 minutes and 300 PPM less than 3 minutes.
Take carbon monoxide alarms with you on your trips, have them in your homes, at places of work and worship and, everywhere. You may still experience some common flu-like symptoms of headache, nausea, heart rate changes, and perhaps dizziness. These are designed to protect you from higher levels, particularly those levels that can kill even a healthy person.
Unless you use a low level carbon monoxide alarm with a digital screen, the device has restrictions as to what levels of CO it alarms and informs you at. The low level alarms exceed the current standards by offering protection from common symptoms and what may be deadly situations for the most vulnerable of people. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
More warnings; keep fires outside!
Carbon monoxide poisoning warning for campers
ITV News
Gas safety body, Gas Safe Register, is warning against the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning when camping. A study shows that one in five people didn't know that using a gas barbeque inside a tent can lead to the illness. Around a quarter of those ...
Follow up
Investigation into carbon monoxide leak that hospitalised Tolworth family
Your Local Guardian By Tom Barnes.
Investigation into carbon monoxide leak that hospitalised family. An investigation is under way to find out ...
· Heart Rescue Now This link takes you to a very short video that is a practical demonstration on the proper usage of an AED. This video is tastefully done & demonstrates the step-by-step way one might be able to save a life.
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
· Carbon Monoxide Survivor A 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.
· Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.
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
Alaska | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia
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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
CO Experts
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
