Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”
Steve Prefontaine (1951-1975, bio link)
Why wait for the injury or alarm?
Worried about your children being poisoned by carbon monoxide at school?
Perhaps some child’s parent or other family member has the means to donate a carbon monoxide alarm to the school until the administrators can figure out and implement their own strategies. These life saving, high CO level alarming devices are not that expensive; a lot less expensive than a month’s worth of specialty coffees, other purchased beverages or “extras” in spending. Is this the parents’ taking over the school’s responsibility? Isn’t this the school’s responsibility? It is your child. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
The following story of carbon monoxide poisoning and the death of a young schoolgirl that is posted by the Daily Mail can be the carbon monoxide alarm that raises the awareness for the millions who have ever or will use a barbeque or a fire for cooking while camping. This pictorial puts you on the scene with the pain of the parents and the statements by the coroner. BD
- Recording a verdict of accidental death, coroner John Ellery told members of Hannah's family: 'It's quite clear that you and many, many people were unaware of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.” Mr. Ellery said he hoped the case would help educate the public about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Here it is; campers everywhere get educated
Schoolgirl, 14, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after parents placed ...
Daily Mail
Hannah Thomas-Jones died from the 'silent killer' of carbon monoxide after sleeping next to the fire, while the other members of her family were hospitalised after their exposure to the gas. Her parents wept as they told the hearing how they had taken ...
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Chasing the CO ghost
15 Hospitalized After Building Evacuated In Metro Center - NewsChannel5.com ...
NewsChannel5.com
HazMat and other emergency crews responded to the scene, originally thinking it could be a carbon monoxide leak; however, officials said they have found no sign of a chemical inside the building. Kim Lawson with the Nashville Fire Department said they ...
Another school and carbon monoxide threats
Parents angry following carbon monoxide leak at school
CBS 47
This normally full classroom at Raisin City Elementary sits empty today after a carbon monoxide leak caused school officials to evacuate students from the room. "They've had the children in the class, they've been exposed to it, they're not doing ...
Follow up – School faces CO problem head on
30 alarms installed, combustion equipment serviced; some still under medical care
Drexel Prep Students Return to Class After Carbon Monoxide Scare
NewsChannel5.com
NASHVILLE---Students at Drexel Preparatory Academy headed back to class Thursday, after many were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning earlier in the week. Their parents also returned to school, to check out safety improvements made to the building ...
Follow up to marine’s CO poisoning death
Inspector found furnace faulty after Meridian carbon monoxide death
The Idaho Statesman
A state inspector called to investigate gas appliances in a Meridian apartment where an 18-year-old man died in November recorded lethal carbon monoxide levels when he operated them. In fact, the inspection had to be stopped twice due to unsafe CO ...
Follow up is getting costly; prevention worth the investments
Carbon monoxide leak at Burlingame hotel caused brain damage in guest , suit ...
San Jose Mercury News
It would be several hours before doctors and authorities weaved a tangle of confusing clues into a diagnosis: severe carbon monoxide poisoning. But no alarms were sounding as hundreds of guests slept that night, because none were installed, according ...
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Take control inside your homes.
The lowest U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 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
Note this distraction from carbon monoxide poisoning:
Bald Eagle Camera Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera, Davenport, Iowa.
A friend of mine notified me that the pair of bald eagles has returned to their nest along the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The Alcoa Company has their web cam up and running and viewing of the nest is possible during daylight hours, Central Standard Time, US. I looked for the first time this past Tuesday and the nest was being rebuilt and tended to by the pair. The Alcoa Eagle website gives a good history of the pair and the company’s involvement with them. If you haven’t viewed this site through the hatching and growth of the eaglets, I think you may find it to be quite a live sight to see when you may have those periodic spare moments. This link will be posted on this site for those people who may wish to capture the link and watch the cycle of life of this nesting pair.
What does this have to do with carbon monoxide safety?
It is just a live web cam, perhaps a distraction from the headlines of death and injury. Please become aware of the air you breathe. Measurement is education. Measure your air accurately when measuring carbon monoxide. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
