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, timeless stuff)
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps perhaps, to reference locations noted in CO News headlines
American Red Cross - disaster relief
Carbon monoxide is known to have many generating sources. Often times these generating sources operate or are installed in ways and places that are inherently harmful to people. People also make mistakes while using many of these systems. When a poisoning occurs, we search for the source. There are times when we think we have discovered the source of a poisoning, only to have it strike again in the same locations. Like a phantom or the myth of a promise, carbon monoxide is suspicious in its absence. This ghost can be measured and be de-mythed.
There is an expression, “If you play with fire, expect to get burned.” With the number of fires we encounter everyday throughout our lives, we can expect to breathe in carbon monoxide during episodes of exposure, when you may least or never have expected it. From the homes we were brought into the world, the vehicles we encounter, the buildings we enter and throughout our lives, fire will be there and so will its evil breathe. Often, carbon monoxide will be silently penetrating, maybe just teasing us with mild but irritating disruptions until we succumb to the next threat level of oxidative stress.
Carbon monoxide poisoning prevention requires source reduction through vigilant set up and servicing of the equipment that has foreseeable abilities to generate the poison. Combustion equipment used for heating of air and water and for cooking should be verified they are installed to manufacturer specifications and with regard to best practices and code requirements. Installing equipment without verification seems negligent and a poor business practice.
Carbon monoxide poisoning prevention also requires personal protection at home and away from home. How well you want to be protected or how well you want to protect those you are responsible for as a landlord, spouse, parent or provider surely depends upon how aware you are of carbon monoxide threats that can impact all people of variable health conditions. There have been news reports urging people to get protection with a carbon monoxide alarm that can cost as little as $20.00. This will work for you if you have a $20.00 family, or a $20.00 law. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links –
Union City tenants forced out of homes due to high carbon monoxide levels -- again!
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
UNION CITY – For the second time within six days, 12 people in a Union City apartment building were forced to leave their home Friday night due to high levels of carbon monoxide. The same tenants had been forced out of their homes Sunday, Feb. 17 for ...
Antioch family overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning
Lake County News-Sun
A boyfriend is being credited with helping save his girlfriend and her family, including their dog, early Monday morning in Antioch after they were all overcome from carbon monoxide poisoning. The father, mother and 22-year-old daughter were expected ...
State fire marshal warns of carbon monoxide dangers
Cumberland Times-News
CUMBERLAND — Maryland State Fire Marshal William Barnard wants to encourage Marylanders to be mindful of the dangers of carbon monoxide. The colorless, tasteless and potentially toxic gas is produced by the incomplete combustion of liquid fuels, ...
2 broken exhaust fans blamed for south Fort Myers lodge carbon monoxide leak
The News-Press
The South Trail Fire Department responded to the scene of a carbon monoxide call at Crestwood Suites Extended Lodging on Monday 2/25/2013.
Carbon Monoxide in French Creek Home Sends 3 People to Hospitals
WBOY-TV
Responders determined that there were high levels of carbon monoxide coming from the home. Two people were transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon and one person was flown by HealthNet to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
SB 372 would revise carbon monoxide detector laws
Beartooth NBC
The Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Safety Committee heard testimony today on a bill that would revise tenant laws regarding carbon monoxide detectors. Bill sponsor Senator Scott Boulanger of Darby says the bill states how many detectors landlords ...
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-seven 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
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. UPDATE: Two eggs in the nest. 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!
