CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
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George Santayana (1863-1952, bio link)
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
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8 people hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak in Boston
NECN
“[The victims had] pretty typical symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning or higher levels of carbon monoxide in their blood,” said Boston Deputy Fire Chief Dennis Keeley. “They had elevated levels detected through the metering system; those people we ...
Schools in the news and CO alarms - Louisiana
Carbon monoxide detectors not required at local schools
Shreveport Times
Only one school — Midway Elementary School in Shreveport — in Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto and Webster parishes has carbon monoxide detectors, and that came to the school as part of a package for a replacement air conditioner at the campus. The need for ...
Schools – West Virginia
Should Carbon Monoxide Detectors Be In Our Schools?
WDTV
This past Monday in Atlanta, Georgia a school was evacuated after carbon monoxide was discovered inside. They had no detectors in the building to let them know there was some sort of exposure, so many teachers and students had to be treated at their ...
Schools – Kentucky
Carbon monoxide detectors not required in area schools
kypost.com
"Carbon monoxide is a combination of a carbon and an oxygen molecule and is typically a bi-product of combustion," said Cpt. William Fletcher of the Hebron Fire Protection District. The odorless, colorless gas can kill if someone is exposed to a high ...
Schools – Virginia
Few area schools monitor for carbon monoxide
Daily Press
Just a few area schools have installed carbon monoxide detectors and a handful use hand-held devices to regularly monitor for the poisonous gas, according to a recent survey. The investigation follows an incident last week in which dozens of people at ...
Schools – Georgia
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Not Standard in Gwinnett Schools
Patch.com
Having carbon monoxide detectors in Gwinnett County Public Schools is not standard policy. Patch inquired if GCPS used these devices after a potentially deadly furnace leak Monday (Dec. 3) at Finch Elementary in southwest Atlanta sent nearly 50 students and teachers to the hospital with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning... GCPS does not plan to install carbon monoxide detectors system wide, Roach said, but there is talk among state legislators about passing a law requiring the detectors to be installed in schools in the future. State law currently does not require carbon monoxide detectors in schools.
And someone looks at prisons and CO alarms
York County carbon monoxide leak: Other prisons lack detectors, but some may ...
York Daily Record
"The only place that we have equipment that would even emit any kind of carbon monoxide is in our boiler room, which is in the complete opposite end of the institution," said Earl Reitz Jr., warden of the prison with about 400 inmates. "And there's so ...
Follow up lesson; furnace maintenance required
Acorns in Heater May Have Triggered Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
NBC San Diego
Three Ramona residents were transported to the hospital Thursday morning with carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the County News Center. Starting at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, medics were sent to a home on Highway 78 for a person who was ...
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
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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!
