Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886, bio link)
The following links may be of some use to you:
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps perhaps, to reference locations noted in CO News headlines
American Red Cross - disaster relief
Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution - U.S. EPA
Building science re-visited
Buildings operate like chimneys. The buildings we live and work in also have currents of air and air pressure in them that could cause occasional generation and dispersion of CO from appliance vent and chimney reversals. A building pressure test verifies the condition. The person who installs or services the appliance should also know if the building pressure dynamics conflict with the safe operation of the combustion system.
Warmer, less dense air rises in the structure. Air leaks out of the holes near the top of the structure (exfiltration) and leaks into the holes near the bottom of the structure (infiltration). This driving force is sufficient to back-draft atmospherically vented combustion equipment and distribute combustion gases, especially if just the window and drafty door leaks are sealed up, leaving the holes at the top unsealed. The building may be leaky; get it tested.
When exhaust fans (bathroom, kitchen, clothes dryer, attic fans) operate they may exceed some gas, oil or wood furnace or water heater’s draft pressure and result in back drafting (spillage) and combustion gas dispersion and perhaps carbon monoxide exposures & poisoning inside the home or building. Have your home pressure tested when your combustion appliances are tested. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links –
6 Suffer From Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Firefighters
NBC 10 Philadelphia
6 Suffer From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Firefighters. NBC10. An apparent Carbon Monoxide leak left a family of 6 hospitalized after the felt ill inside their Norristown home on March 4, 2013. advertisement. Click Here! Possible carbon monoxide ...
The Amish Cook: Carbon monoxide alarm causes early scare
Palladium-Item
I heard an alarm go off in the basement so I went to go out and check it out and it was a carbon monoxide alarm. I could smell soot so I checked our coal stove but it looked OK. I figured that it might be the gas water heater and shut it off. I get ...
Temperature-Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Link Observed In New Study
Huffington Post
If the oceans warm, basic chemistry says that some of the carbon dioxide dissolved in the water will emerge into the atmosphere. And if the permafrost that covers about a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere's land surface…
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!
