CO alarm standards American Red Cross - Disaster Relief
“Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.” William E. Gladstone (1808-1898, bio link)
Carbon monoxide poisoning prevention is all about testing and measurement
Carbon monoxide is not that hard to detect. But you have to have test instruments or a good working carbon monoxide alarm to accomplish the task. The symptoms are well known, they just have to be recognized by the sufferer sooner and by the health care provider who is presented the symptoms.
The victim can be tested, the air can be tested and boilers, furnaces, cooking systems and all combustion appliances can be tested. The only thing left to do is begin testing. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Upstate couple found dead from apparent generator carbon monoxide poisoning
New York Daily News
Police blame carbon monoxide in the death of James Stapleford, 75, and Eva Stapleford, 73, who were using the generator to power their home in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The couple were discovered Monday evening in the town of Shokan, just 50 ...
Apartment evacuated after carbon monoxide detected.
ABC4.com
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A carbon monoxide alarm went off on the second floor of the building forcing 17 people from their homes.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital paramedic team answered the call ...
MyCentralJersey.com
When Mehta and Geib, both 29, arrived at the house it was fully consumed with carbon monoxide fumes as a result of heaters and generators being run from a propane tank. Carbon monoxide is an odorless gas that binds to the hemoglobin in red blood cells.
Seven Rockland residents hospitalized due to CO poisoning
Mid-Hudson News
POMONA – Seven Rockland County residents have been hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning since Hurricane Sandy, County Health Commissioner Dr. Joan Facelle said Monday. During a power outage, generators and other gas-operated ...
9 People in New Rochelle, Including Infant, Taken to Hospital With Carbon ...
Talk of the Sound
A boiler malfunction at a residence at 63 First Street in New Rochelle has sent 9 people to the hospital with Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Crews from the Fire Department found the levels of CO in the home were 300 parts per million, a fatal level.
Virginia Coffee Time evacuated due to gas leak
YorkRegion.com
Commuters hoping to stop in the Coffee Time/convenience store plaza on Hwy. 48 in Virginia this morning were greeted with yellow police tape after a gas leak Monday night shut down the area and sent two to hospital.
Five Alive, After Carbon Monoxide Scare In Ocala
WCJB TV-20
OCALA - It's called a silent killer and as deadly as Carbon Monoxide is, five people in a home in Ocala managed to survive high levels of it last night. This is the ...
Carbon monoxide is a silent killer to families
Daily News - Galveston County
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that can enter your home through leaky chimneys, furnaces, gas water heaters, wood stoves, gas stoves, fireplaces, ovens, clothe dryers, vehicles through the garage door and cigarette smoke (first or ...
Michigan
Carbon monoxide warnings issued by state
WNEM Saginaw
"With the recent power outages in Michigan, as well as the winter months approaching, now is the ideal time to make sure that our homes are protected from carbon monoxide," said James K. Haveman, Director of the MDCH. Michigan's carbon monoxide poisoning tracking system counted 26 unintentional deaths and 986 nonfatal unintentional carbon monoxide poisonings in Michigan in 2010 alone. More than 60 percent occurred during the winter months and happened most frequently at home.
California
November is California Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month
Aptos Times
SACRAMENTO – November is Carbon Monoxide Awareness month and CAL FIRE is reminding all residents of the importance of having a working carbon monoxide alarm. As of July 1, 2011, state law requires owners of single family homes with attached ...
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 ...
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
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!
