“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
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
