“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold (1887-1948, bio link)
CO alarm standards - When do they sound off?
American Red Cross - Disaster Relief
The storm known as Sandy has resulted in staggering losses to life, health, property and spirit. Perhaps our generosity can assist in adding aid & comfort. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
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
This quiet killer could get loose in your home
The Durango Herald
Carbon-monoxide poisoning has been called “the silent killer” by some experts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, carbon-monoxide poisoning leads to more than 20,000 emergency room visits and 450 deaths each year in the ...
Update on Colorado Springs poisoning, death
Officials say improperly vented furnace led to man's death
FireEngineering.com
According to Colorado Springs Utilities and the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, Valdez died after a 30-year-old improperly vented furnace pumped carbon monoxide into a nearby apartment, and the deadly gas settled in his apartment.
Retired Edison firefighter dies of carbon monoxide poisoning ...
mycentraljersey.com
Retired township firefighter Robert Walsh, 65, died on Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. On Wednesday afternoon, Edison Township ...
Project Zero launched by Whitby fire services
durhamregion.com
More than 300 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms will be delivered to homes in Whitby through Project Zero, a public education program aimed at bringing the number of residential fires and carbon monoxide deaths down to zero. "At a time of ...
The family had a working carbon monoxide alarm; no mention of it ever making a sound as illness finally alerts residents of a problem.
Family narrowly escapes carbon monoxide leak
KLTV
It is a deadly, silent killer. carbon monoxide. And an East Texas family is thankful today to be alive, after a leak of the poisonous gas sent them to the hospital. It happened Saturday morning at a home at Wylie Circle in Longview. When they turned ...
Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com
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Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland - By Andy Neill
Carbon monoxide is produced whenever there is incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. In house fires there's frequently more burning that there is oxygen so lots of CO is produced. It is thought to be the commonest cause of death in house ...
United Kingdom
National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week to launch in November
H&V News
Carbon Monoxide Awareness, a registered charity run entirely by volunteers, will be hosting the seventh National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. The charity actively supports the victims of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and also raises awareness of ...
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 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
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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!
