Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.”Sun Tzu (544 BC...bio link)
Living with Carbon Monoxide, a Clear and Present Danger - February 5th;
Colorado Springs, CO; 6-9 PM; Pikes Peak Community College
Hosted by: Pikes Peak Mechanical Contractors Association and the supporters of this COSA carbon monoxide safety education effort.
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 ghost penetrates the security of the CO alarm
This first story has an interesting sequence of events.
1. People wake up to and then experience sickness all day
2. CO alarm sounds during later than usual evening television viewing
3. Windows & doors opened
4. Residence vacated
5. Emergency # called
6. Victims checked at hospital
7. Combustion sources in flat checked as safe
8. Victims credit survival with timely Disney movie viewing opportunity
9. Carbon monoxide strikes to strike again
It is interestingly reported that, though the carbon monoxide alarm did activate well into the period of illness and the sound is what actually alerted the sufferers to “connect the dots” of understanding between their symptoms and the alarm, they gave credit to their life saving event to a Disney movie that kept them awake.
A lesson or two learned is in this somewhere it would seem, and the ghost that may always be there is there no more. Protect yourself from carbon monoxide exposure before you get sick; this is the enemy. And when your low level alarm alerts you, know the ghost is there. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links -
"We'd be dead if it wasn't for Disney!"
Birmingham Mail
After struggling into the street, they were taken to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, but were released the same night after treatment and observation. The source of the leak at the rented Beech Court ...
Carbon monoxide gas sickens Henrico family
WWBT
The whole family was found to be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Henrcio firefighters rushed to the home on Croydon Road just after 10 a.m. Responders quickly discovered the invisible gas was saturating the house. A 34-year-old woman and her ...
3 Hospitalized Due to Carbon Monoxide
Patch.com
The Woodmere Fire Department on Sunday found three people overcome by carbon monoxide in a Dolphin Drive home in Hewlett Neck. A mother, along with her two children, ages 1 and 2, were transported by Woodmere FD EMS to the hospital with non-life ...
Should airlines fit carbon monoxide monitors?
AOL Travel UK
However, British Airways insists that there is "no evidence" of excessive carbon monoxide levels on its planes, and The British Airline Pilots Association said that "fume events" were not its members big concern. Related articles: Retired BA pilot ...
A breath of fresh air: Houseplants are a lovely way to improve your indoor air ...
Southeast Missourian
Keeping houseplants is one thing you can do to boost your indoor air quality. "Plants respire and breathe. They will bring the ambient air into the plant and process it just like you and I do when we breathe," explains Paul Schnare, owner of Sunny Hill ...
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. I looked for the first time recently 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!
