Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“We only know too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.” Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) 1910-1997, 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
Furnaces & boilers need annual, professional maintenance
Gas furnaces do not need to produce carbon monoxide in dangerous concentrations. A furnace comes with directions from the manufacturer. These instructions specifically state that only a qualified person must install the system and that if the instructions are not followed exactly, the result could be loss of property or loss of life.
If you install a furnace without verifying the measurements prescribed by the manufacturer and verify it is indeed to manufacturer specifications and working safely, you have ripped off the receiver of the system. You may have left a threatening, life altering condition. A furnace left in operation that produces deadly levels of carbon monoxide is a hazard. Test it and prove that this hazard is not present after the set up or tune up.
If a furnace heat exchanger rusts out, that is a sign of neglect, perhaps a system that was never set up correctly to begin with. Homeowners and landlords have to realize that furnaces, boilers, domestic water heaters and other combustion systems are not devices one should take lightly or try to install or service themselves. This is a job for the trained and certified technician who knows how to follow directions and keep up with the industry solutions to unsafe conditions. If you are not testing and not following the instructions, you are guessing and dangerous. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links –
Hotel Evacuated Due To Carbon Monoxide
LEX18 Lexington KY News
Firefighters evacuated hotel guests after they detected high levels of carbon monoxide inside Wednesday morning. Officials say a manager at the Homewood Suites on Ruccio Way noticed a strange odor on upper floors and called 911. Firefighters pulled the ...
Son of suspected St Ives carbon monoxide victim Gill Adams, who died with her beloved dogs around her, pays tribute
This is Cornwall
THE SON of a St Ives woman who died at her guest house home in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning has spoken of how "touched" his family have been by the outpouring of grief in the town. Friends and neighbours were queuing up to pay ...
Device detects carbon monoxide, saves Upstate family
WYFF4.com video
An Upstate family says a carbon monoxide detector helped save their lives.
Safety Tips to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning During Bad Weather
Patch.com
Seventeen calls concerned possible exposures from the use of stoves or space heaters, 22 to charcoal/propane grills, 5 faulty heating systems, 3 fireplaces, 5 either unspecified or other (one bonfire), and in 15 calls a carbon monoxide detector alert ...
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!
