CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?”
Andy Warhol (1928-1987, bio link)
You will note there are a few postings from our archives leading off today. The links are not active but the problems regarding schools, carbon monoxide exposures and CO alarms are not new. The recent incident in Atlanta however, triggered a national response to the issue.
One school carbon monoxide headline story per year, back to 2005 is posted below. Now as always, measurement is education as measurement is awareness. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
From our archives; Posted Friday Jan 28, 2005
Carbon Monoxide fumes evacuate Peace Dale School(inactive link)
Narragansett Times - Narragansett,RI,USA
PEACE DALE - Carbon monoxide detectors aren't mandatory in schools, but after high levels of the lethal gas caused the evacuation of Peace Dale Elementary ...
Archives; Posted Monday November 6, 2006
Taylor School evacuated for carbon monoxide(inactive link)
Chattanooga Times Free Press - TN, USA By Randall Higgins.
CLEVELAND, Tenn.; Classrooms at Taylor Elementary School were evacuated this morning because of increasing levels of carbon monoxide. ...
Archives; Posted Saturday & Sunday, January 13 & 14, 2007
Boiler problem sends 7 to hospital(inactive link)
Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, MA, USA
FITCHBURG -- Escalated levels of carbon monoxide at Memorial Middle School sent seven students to the hospital on Thursday and created a tense atmosphere ...
Archives; Posted November 14, 2008
Carbon monoxide at Heights school sends 11 to hospital(inactive link)
Houston Chronicle - United States
Inspectors are trying to determine why the carbon monoxide level was higher in one fourth-grade classroom at the school, said Lisa Kinney, a spokeswoman for ...
Archives; Posted October 13, 2009
Carbon monoxide leak forces school closure(inactive link)
The Aurora Sentinel By BRANDON JOHANSSON
AURORA | A carbon monoxide leak forced St. Therese Catholic School in north Aurora to close Monday, sending all of its students home ...
Archives; Posted December 2, 2010
School canceled after carbon monoxide detected (inactive link)
Princeton Daily Clarion
The problem was caused by a faulty heating unit, and what the teachers smelled was a flue-type gas from the furnace that contained carbon monoxide. ...
Archives; Posted Saturday, September 10, 2011
Carbon monoxide leak forces evacuation (inactive link)
Morgan County Citizen By Judy A. Maxwell
A carbon monoxide leak last week forced the evacuation of about 35 small children from Morgan County's Head Start building. No one was injured as teachers and helpers escorted the toddlers and preschoolers to the front lawn of the ...
TODAY - CO News links Posted December 11, 2012
15 Saskatoon students checked for carbon monoxide exposure
CBC.ca
Several students were taken to hospital, many by ambulance, following concerns about elevated carbon monoxide levels at St. Joseph High School in Saskatoon. (CBC). Fifteen students from St. Joseph High School in Saskatoon were taken to hospital ...
School carbon monoxide testing proposed after poisoning
WSB Atlanta
"We have had quite a few school systems contact our office ask the question 'Should we have sensors?" "Right now we're telling them be proactive, measure levels of carbon monoxide," said Matt Cardoza, Georgia Department of Education spokesman.
Who is responsible for the air you breathe when you travel?
Carbon monoxide cited in Kansas hotel incident
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Lothman says the children had been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide believed to result from a water heater failing to vent properly. Guests were allowed back in their rooms later Sunday, but the pool area remains closed until the problem is fixed.
This Winter, Bundle Up Against Carbon Monoxide Risks
EHS Today
Carbon monoxide is the gas byproduct of the incomplete combustion of fuel used in cars, gasoline engines, stoves, lanterns, burning charcoal or wood, gas ranges, fireplaces and heaters. The gas is colorless and odorless, but can be deadly – thus ...
The lowest U.L. 2034 carbon monoxide alarm test point 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.
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 CO-Experts Model 2014 Brochure
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
