“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.” Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986, bio link)
The following links may be of some use to you:
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps-
American Red Cross - disaster relief
Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution - U.S. EPA
Heart rescue using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace - Federal Aviation Administration
Carbon monoxide toxicity- Emergency Medicine Ireland
Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
Carbon Monoxide Exposure is the Equalizer, Everywhere
The home or the building you live, work in or visit may contain malfunctioning oil, gas or wood furnaces, boilers, water heaters, space heaters, cooking systems or fireplaces that are already producing large amounts of CO. Each and every one of these combustion systems require thorough testing to assure their safety and efficiency. They do not need to produce dangerous levels of CO if working properly. These buildings may also have adjoining or attached automotive hazards. Many of these buildings may not have a carbon monoxide alarm.
Your hired technician should have a combustion analyzer, leak detector and carbon monoxide detection instrumentation at minimum to complete the work correctly. The number of consumers that have their home combustion appliances serviced by certified technicians using specific test instruments for measurement verifications is still quite low compared to the number of systems in use. Do not treat this lightly, get these systems tested. Make sure you get a detailed measurement report when you have your systems tested or inspected.
You may also be exposed to CO on a boat, on a bus, in a car, in a house, on a street, at a construction site, almost everywhere; be careful, know how much you are in.
Whenever you barbeque, always cook in open, outside air; even open sided carports or awning tents cannot insure that harmful gases will be dispersed safely. Never use these charcoal, propane, natural gas, wood or other similarly fueled unvented barbeque systems indoors. There are many types of open exhaust systems that should never be in operation inside buildings and even in some roof port or awning situations. Know the difference! Protect yourself and others before CO causes sickness or worse. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links –
Carbon monoxide detected at Iowa restaurant - Added news link
KWQC 6
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) - High levels of carbon monoxide have been found at a restaurant that had been evacuated in northwest Iowa. The Storm Lake Fire Department, police and Alliant Energy responded to a Burger King outlet on Tuesday night after an ...
Home Evacuated Due To Carbon Monoxide
WSYM-TV
A group of people are rushed to the hospital after barely escaping a home filled with carbon monoxide. It happened at a home in the 4900 block of Tenny street on Lansing's south side. Dispatchers got the call just after 2:30 Wednesday morning. When ...
Authorities: 2 dead, 2 hospitalized after suspected carbon monoxide leak
WGCL Atlanta
Emergency crews are on the scene of the 2000 block of Graywall Street where there was possibly a carbon monoxide leak. One man and a juvenile died according to East Point Fire. Two others are being taken to the hospital. The suspected poisoning is from ...
Commercial real estate properties of course share CO safety responsibilities
Carbon Monoxide: No Joke For CRE Owners
GlobeSt.com
Carbon monoxide is a silent killer that the commercial real estate industry can not take for granted. The impact on your business certainly shouldn't be discounted if there is an illness, or forbid, a fatality in your asset. A recent report by GlobeSt ...
Ammanford family taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Betws home
Llanelli Star
The incident in Betws on the evening of Monday, March 25, has sparked Mid and West Wales Fire Service to call on people to be check their appliances. Firefighters from Ammanford were called to the property after the carbon monoxide detector alarm was ...
Carbon Monoxide Bylaw Coming
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
A new by law comes into effect on April 2nd, and Orillia fire officials want to make sure people don't treat it as an April Fools joke. If your home contains a fuel fired appliance or other source of carbon monoxide -- you are required to provide at ...
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:
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
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. Two eggs in the nest. UPDATE: Hatching has begun. Fresh caught fish, rodents and other game animals will be brought to 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
