CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.”
Carlos Santana (1947, music selection)
Why wait for the death or injury from carbon monoxide to occur before taking action? If you are responsible for the air you breathe, start measuring the air you are in at home, in motor vehicles, in public places and especially in places you enter to service or work.
Find out what the notification or evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide in air in your community, and respond accordingly. Due diligence and duty requires announcing health and safety concerns to the occupants and/or owners of the space if carbon monoxide levels exceed those levels.
If you choose to wear your own, self-purchased personal CO monitor where you are employed, please be informed that some businesses have very aggressive reactions to employees self investigating safety concerns within the body of the company. If you discover carbon monoxide levels of concerning concentrations with reference to evacuation or health risks to vulnerable people, proceed through the structure of your system.
Without testing, we would indeed be guessing. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Air pollution causing cognitive decline in seniors
allvoices
Individual information was associated to data on 2004 annual average levels of fine air particulate matter from the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System monitors across the country. Participant's cognitive function was calculated on a ...
Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning
650 CKOM News Talk Radio
When the company does an inspection, they do a 21 point check up, even testing for carbon monoxide. If the levels are too high, they can shut down the source and call SaskEnergy. "I can't emphasize enough how much people have to look after their ...
Annual furnace tuneups can maximize home's heat and keep the utility bills down
Poughkeepsie Journal
Because safety is of paramount concern when working with any combustion-related equipment, homeowners should not attempt maintenance on heating systems themselves, other than checking and/or replacing the air filter. Instead, homeowners should ...
Wife finds husband unconscious, dog dead in Freeport home
Bangor Daily News
The couple's dog was given oxygen and taken to a veterinary hospital about 2 miles down the road but did not survive. There was a large amount of carbon monoxide in the house, which may have been a result of incomplete combustion rather than a leak, ...
Air pollution in towns and cities 'ages brains of over-50s by three years'
Daily Mail
'Air pollution has been linked to increased cardiovascular and respiratory problems, and even premature death, in older populations, and there is emerging evidence that exposure to particulate air pollution may have adverse effects on brain health and ...
Woman and child taken to hospital after possible carbon monoxide leak
This is Scunthorpe
A WOMAN and child have been taken to hospital after a possible carbon monoxide leak at their home. The woman called Humberside Fire and Rescue Service after suspecting a leak at her house on Redbourne Street, Scunthorpe. Concerned that she was ...
Six treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
Elgin Courier News
ELGIN — Six people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at an east-side two-flat after one man came in to Sherman Hospital and reported he was not feeling well, authorities said. Once Sherman staff determined that the man was suffering from ...
The lowest CO alarm test point for U.L. 2034 listed alarms is:
70 PPM to 149 PPM – resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions; know when your protection begins.
Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce
SAINT PAUL, MN – Each year about 50,000 people visit emergency rooms in the United States for CO poisoning, and more than 500 die each year from this silent, odorless, colorless gas. As part of Winter Hazard Awareness Week (November 5-9), the Minnesota Department of Commerce warns Minnesotans of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and to take steps to avoid this “silent killer.”
Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com
Carbon Monoxide Information Website ... Carbon Monoxide Useful Links · Contact ... Get the Top ten carbon monoxide safety tips sent to your inbox:
Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland - By Andy Neill
Aviators – note:
(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace
Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
· Heart rescue video using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
· 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.
American Red Cross - disaster relief
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!
