Carbon Monoxide News August 31, 2012 - updated frequently

“If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.” 
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979, bio link)

Measurement and education; measurements bring changes
There are several key points to note about today’s CO News links if you are a HVAC or boiler technician or engineer conducting work in residential or commercial buildings. If you are a manufacturer of gas or oil heating or cooking systems you also had better note what is occurring. In fact, it looks like everybody needs to take note.

One point stated in the first link is that appliances producing more than 15 PPM of carbon monoxide were shut down for repair or replacement. The article does not state if this measurement was in the flue gases or was a concentration measured around the appliance when it was running, resulting in air contamination.

If this 15 PPM measurement was taken in flue gases, it is very low and caution is advised for several reasons. The first would be the accuracy of the sensor in the test instrument used for the test. There are sensors used by test instrument manufacturers that cannot possibly detect levels of CO that accurately at that low of a concentration in a hot combustion gas stream due to cross interferences of nitrogen or even hydrogen also present in the exhaust gas. The display may actually be a "false positive".

This is also going to rile up the combustion system manufacturers, especially in the U.S. since combustion systems are allowed to be manufactured (according to the standing rules and standards inaugurated in the year 1927 and still in use) and produce CO Air Free concentrations of 200, 400 or 800 PPM of carbon monoxide and still be sold to the public. (CO Air Free is a unit of measurement designed to compensate for excess air to the burner. It requires an oxygen measurement and CO measurement in the flue gases and the oxygen is calculated out of the result.)

If this 15 PPM measurement was in the air, outside the combustion system and NOT a flue gas measurement, then the condemnation or “shut off” of the system has more warrant and is in line with where fire department and emergency responders are beginning civilian evacuations and wearing their own breathing apparatus.(Updated Comment: Due to some sensors in use that do not have hydrogen compensated sensors, the reading must be evaluated with a search for some hydrogen gas source like a charging auto or marine battery. This too can generate a "false positive CO reading.)

In another follow up story it was noted that a propane (Liquefied Petroleum Gas - LPG) forklift caused illness and evacuations at a place of work. On the job measurement of carbon monoxide will discover atmospheres of CO where the workers and visitors (including combustion system service personnel) health or lives are in jeopardy.

As carbon monoxide awareness grows due to the increase of measured exposures, changes will begin to occur. These changes will be costly, but not as costly as the loss of life or the continuance of chronic, poor health symptoms. The more you test, the more you will find to fix or replace. Accurate carbon monoxide measurement is an economic driver, as well as a life saver. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO poisoning victims need help addressing solutions
Congressman involved after CO deaths
WAVY-TV
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - Congressman Bobby Scott is seeking answers regarding conditions at a Portsmouth apartment complex where two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Congressman Scott held a meeting with residents at Swanson ... The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority is committed to restoring our residents’ confidence in their community. (WAVY):To date, we have done the following: Immediately after the tragic accident with the Stith household, the Authority hired SCS Engineers to test all hot water heaters, all piping, all stoves and air quality in all of the homes (210). Any appliances emitting an elevated level of CO over 15 ppm was shut down. 

Follow up
Faulty Forklift Blamed for Virginia Carbon Monoxide Leak
ClaimsJournal.com
A propane-powered forklift is being blamed for a carbon monoxide leak that sickened four workers at a seafood processing plant in Hampton, Va. Hampton Fire and Rescue Capt. Anthony Chittum tells media outlets that the forklift wasn't working properly.

Share this link with a friend or neighbor who has a portable generator, even if you don’t have or use one yourself.
Firefighters Stress Portable Generator Safety
LAFD News & Information (blog)
Most of the serious carbon monoxide poisonings handled by Los Angeles Firefighters have been caused by generator exhaust fumes drifting into doors, windows, vents and crawl spaces. Be certain to properly install household carbon monoxide detectors that ... Remember: Electricity is a powerful tool, and odorless carbon monoxide fumes can quickly lull you to deep and deadly sleep!

Home inspector’s experiences help emphasize the need for CO alarms
Carbon monoxide a danger
Wausau Daily Herald
You probably are tired of hearing me preach about installing carbon monoxide detectors, but there is something that happened recently that I think is important to share because we all feel it can't happen to us. My sister-in-law, who lives in Madison ...

Maybe, hopefully this time
Carbon Monoxide Detector Bill Passes Second Reading
News Talk 1290
A private member's bill that would see carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in all homes, is closer to becoming law. Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman introduced Bill 20 which has passed first and second reading at Queen's Park. Hardeman is waiting for the ...

Rescue attempts handicapped by carbon monoxide levels
Death toll rises to 26 with 21 still missing after coal mine explosion in China
Washington Post
BEIJING — The death toll in China's worst mine accident in nearly a year has risen to 26 as high temperatures and dangerous carbon monoxide levels hampered rescue work Friday for 21 others still trapped. Police detained the owners of the Xiaojiawan ...

Ireland still hunting for faulty CO alarms, manufacturer apologies for manufacturing a life safety device that does not work.
Faulty carbon monoxide alarm warning
U.TV
"There remains a large number of these monitors unaccounted for throughout Northern Ireland, please ensure if you are in possession of the above carbon monoxide alarms to stop using them and return it to your supplier immediately." The company has ...

· 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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

Carbon Monoxide News August 30, 2012 - updated frequently

“Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.”
Bobby Knight (1940, bio link) 

Question and Answer
Who is vulnerable to carbon monoxide and combustion gas poisoning?
Everyone.

Health Officials Warn of Carbon Monoxide Dangers - Mississippi ...
Mississippi State Department of Health
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is urging the public to avoid carbon monoxide (CO) exposure by taking precautions with gas-powered ...

Officials urge caution because of high ozone levels in region
nwitimes.com
Ozone is created on hot, still days when pollutants in gasoline, automobile emissions and other combustion engines, such as those that burn coal and other fossil fuels, are cooked by the sun. Environmental and health agencies issue alerts when ozone ...

Replay; Looking forward
First US greenhouse heat and power project with CO2 fertilisation
The Earth Times
America's first Combined Heat and Power (CHP) project that captures carbon dioxide to help fertilise tomatoes has been unveiled. The Houweling's Tomatoes project uses two General Electric Company (GE) 4.36-megawatt (MW), ecomagination-qualified ...

Emissions study
UC Riverside developing biofuel formulations for California
Phys.Org
Although biodiesel provides benefits in a number of emissions components, such as hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter, one issue with biodiesel use in California is its potential to increase nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, a key ...

Global Warming, Coal Combustion and Sea Level Rise
Energy Collective
Coal Combustion Since The Late 1700s: Dirty combustion of coal was common from the late 1700s to about 1950 when low-efficiency air quality control, AQC, systems (cyclonic separators, precipitators, fabric filters, scrubbers, etc.) were being installed ...

· 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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

Carbon Monoxide News August 29, 2012 - updated frequently

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910, bio link)  

Welcome to new and returning students. Carbon monoxide safety is a part of your duty. Please scroll back through these Carbon Monoxide News postings and note the world wide impact of the poison and the sources it may come from. Measurement is education. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO News links
Stone Mountain renters have carbon monoxide concerns
WGCL Atlanta
Resident Brittany Smalls told CBS Atlanta News she took her carbon monoxide notice to the management office, but was not told when she would be able to get her gas back on. Smalls, along with several tenants we talked to, said they still have to take ...

Two hospitalized in carbon monoxide leak at Hampton restaurant ...
wtkr.com
Officials say two people were hospitalized due to nausea, headache, and elevated carbon monoxide levels in the blood. Police say two other people refused ...

Science and emissions
Artificial Photosynthesis: Copying Nature for a Green Energy Future
OilPrice.com
Panasonic envisions using this artificial photosynthesis technology in a system that will capture and convert carbon dioxide from incinerators, power plants or other industrial sources to create a valuable resource from “waste”. This would also have ...

· 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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  

Carbon Monoxide News August 28, 2012 - updated frequently

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” James Thurber (1894-1961, bio link)

Fighting Fire
The smoke from forest fires have invaded the air of northwest Montana, again. In fact all of Montana has reported smoke in the air and people with respiratory problems are cautioned to stay inside as much as possible.

Montana is not alone in the smoke. California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona have had or are still fighting wild land fires. Europe is also experiencing this ravaging menace with early fires in Spain and Portugal and France, Italy, the Balkans and other countries fighting to control the fires.

Warnings are issued around the world to people of vulnerable health to avoid any activity and for sure strenuous activities outdoors. And yet, many if not almost all of the fire fighters and the support personnel on and near the front lines perform their duties without the aid of breathing apparatus or escape from the breathing in of the harmful gasses.

Please respect and support these fire fighters of wild land fires. They are humanities heroes on the front lines of a common battle. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO News links
Carbon Monoxide Levels Spike at Elkridge Hotel
Patch.com
The Holiday Inn Express on Marshalee Drive was evacuated Monday morning after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected, said Jackie Cutler, spokeswoman for Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. Nobody was injured or suffered ...

Generator use warnings repeated, emphasized
Residents urged to use generators safely for Isaac
WALA-TV FOX10
The county statement recommends that residents take necessary precautions to help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. One recommendation is never to use grills or generators inside the house or other enclosed areas, even with ventilation. The county ...

Brazil's Vale lifts force majeure at Australia coal mine
Reuters
Brazil's Vale SA lifted a declaration of force majeure at its Carborough Downs coking coal mine in Australia after a May 31 gas leak forced the mine's closure, the Rio de Janeiro-based company said in a securities filing on Monday.

Coal, combustion and cleaning up emissions
Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs
Phys.Org
Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dangerous chemicals that pour into the air—including carbon dioxide by more than 90 percent—at a cost of 25 percent efficiency, according to a simple math-driven formula designed by a team of ...

 · 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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

Carbon Monoxide News August 27, 2012 - updated frequently

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” Sun Tzu (544 BC, bio link)

Let’s get those heating systems tuned up and checked for proper performance and efficiency. If you don’t have it tested thoroughly, you may be taking a risk that is avoidable and puts yourself and others in jeopardy of injury or worse.

Your contracted or provided technician or boiler engineer must have all their test instruments calibrated and with sensors up to date and working.

Testing for carbon monoxide generation within the system and within the air of your dwelling should be performed. Their work is not complete unless they test the system thoroughly and verify the manufacturer measureable points of reference; every system has them.

Replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Make sure you have a CO alarm that doesn’t wait until you are sick before it alerts you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO News links
Cooler weather increases risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
A state study of hospitalizations in Alaska because of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning found that 149 people were treated in the period 1993 to 2010. Interior residents accounted for 29 hospitalizations, according to the Section of Epidemiology.

Aftermath of carbon monoxide deaths
Restoring faith in housing agency
The Virginian-Pilot
Portsmouth's housing authority's leader apologized recently, but not for the June 21 deaths of 65-year-olds Leroy and Inez Stith, who were killed by carbon monoxide in their apartment at Swanson Homes. Harry Short, executive director of the Portsmouth ...

FCT: Minister, address this issue of pollution
Nigerian Tribune
A visit to the markets and shopping centres [sic] during periods of power outages will reveal massive life-threatening carbon monoxide pollution from the exhausts of portable generators which fill up the interior of the shopping complexes thereby exposing ...

Good News on Prevention
Lockport police will get unit to detect carbon monoxide
Buffalo News
LOCKPORT - The Lockport Fire Department will receive a unit to detect carbon monoxide poisoning from a foundation led by the father of a West Seneca girl who died from such poisoning. Alderwoman Anne E. McCaffrey, R-2nd Ward, said last week that the ...

Enbridge provides 330 smoke alarms to town
YorkRegion.com
Fire and emergency services will supply these life-saving alarms to seniors and high-risk residents in order to ensure every home has a working alarm to warn of fire or dangerous carbon monoxide. By Steve Somerville. Enbridge Gas Distribution, the ...

· 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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

Carbon Monoxide News August 26, 2012 - updated frequently

“Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.” Michael Porter (1947, information about)

We often create a problem while working on solving another problem. This must be how learning occurs. 

Be careful with alternate power, heating and cooking systems. Hurricanes, tornadoes, wind & ice storms, snow storms, blizzards, earthquakes and wild fires equal power outages.

Have a plan; communicate the plan before you have to use it. Check the batteries on smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; have extras.

Follow and respect the rules, guidelines and recommendations of the community personnel responsible for emergency situation preparedness, response and guidance. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Residents urged to use generators safely for Isaac
MiamiHerald.com
The Miami-Dade County Health Department says residents can avoid carbon monoxide exposure by taking precautions with gas-powered appliances and charcoal or gas grills. The county statement recommends that residents take necessary precautions to ...

Campers everywhere be aware of carbon monoxide hazards
Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office provides Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips for ...
Clarksville Online
Nashville, TN – As Tennesseans pack up and head out to their favorite campsites, the State Fire Marshal's Office urges campers to be aware of carbon monoxide dangers in and around tents and RVs.
Important Carbon Monoxide-Poisoning Prevention Tips
· Only use barbecue grills outside, away from all doors, windows, vents and other shelter openings. Lit or smoldering barbecue grills should never be taken inside a home, tent, or RV.

· Never use a fuel-powered lantern or portable camping stove inside a home, tent or camper/RV.

· Use portable generators outdoors in well-ventilated areas away from all doors, windows, vents and other building openings to prevent exhaust fumes from entering the home.

· Install and maintain CO alarms inside homes, campers and RVs to provide early warning of carbon monoxide.

· 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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

Carbon Monoxide News August 25, 2012 - updated frequently

“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.” Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954, bio link)

Good ideas, good features; same old sensor?
Ellie's 'butterfly' idea is a high flier
Motherwell Times
“Carbon monoxide is like a butterfly it is so quiet you might not know it's there.” Billy Mitchell of Smart Compliance added: “It is just that kind of thinking we want to encourage and, better still, it's a name we can work with in our marketing and ... “The system is so sophisticated it can raise the alarm and send warning texts within seconds of detecting raised or dangerous levels of the gas.”

BD NOTE: This was a good idea by business to engage children in the naming of a life safety product. But also note the alarm still only activates when “raised or dangerous levels of the gas” are present. Wouldn’t this be a better time to put in a better, more accurate sensor to detect levels before people have to get sick for the thing to alarm? Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Other CO News links
Chicago area warned of air pollution on Saturday
Sacramento Bee
CHICAGO -- Chicago-area residents are being warned about high levels of air pollution on Saturday. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says another day of hot weather prompted an Air Pollution Action Day in the metro Chicago because it expects ...

Winds blowing smoke
Idaho fires effect air quality and Helena citizens are feeling the effects
Beartooth NBC
Many Helena residents have noticed a great deal of smoke in the air over the past few days. While some local fires can account for some of the smoke, wildfires in Idaho are actually of greater concern according to the Department of Environmental Quality.

Bailed hay ignites by spontaneous combustion in Garfield County
KLEW
Garfield County Fire Chief Kris Darby said they believe the fire started by spontaneous combustion. If hay is baled while it's moist, the internal heat of the bale can catch fire. Through the help of mutual aid, the property owner and helicopter bucket ...

· 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

Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.

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