Carbon Monoxide News June 20, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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“You who choose to lead must follow”
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9 workers treated for carbon monoxide at NY mall
Wall Street Journal
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Officials say nine workers were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes inside a suburban New York mall. The Nassau County fire marshal's office says seven people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Rescue ...

Petersburg officers save two exposed to carbon monoxide
Progress Index
PETERSBURG - Two police officers emerged from a Petersburg home last Saturday carrying two people barely conscious due to exposure to carbon monoxide. A woman in the home on the 400 block of St. Luke Street called Petersburg police at 5 a.m. ...

Carbon monoxide detected in Dennisport building, four people evaluated
Capecodonline
DENNISPORT – Four people were evaluated after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in a building this afternoon. Firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at 677 Main St. (Route 28) at 3:36 p.m., fire Capt. Robert Marseglia said.

Editorial: With outrage mounting in carbon-monoxide deaths, reform is crucial
Winston-Salem Journal
As we learn more about the deaths of an elderly couple and an 11-year-old boy in separate incidents in the same room of a Boone hotel, it becomes clearer than ever that state law needs to be expanded to require carbon monoxide detectors in hotels to ...

4200 NY schools lack CO detectors
WIVB
State officials estimate 4,200 public schools across New York are lacking approved carbon monoxide detectors, leaving millions of school children unprotected from that deadly gas, each day. But that could be changing. Carbon monoxide detectors can be ...

Boone Town Council Votes to Petition NC Building Code Council to Mandate CO ...
Hcpress
June 19, 2013. The issue of carbon monoxide detectors in hotel rooms dominated the majority of the Boone Town Council meeting Tuesday night. In light of the tragic deaths at Best Western, the council unanimously passed a motion to petition the N.C. ...

Carbon monoxide alarms don't last forever
The Lamar Ledger
Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms monitor your home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are designed to provide accurate readings for the life of the alarm. However, like most appliances, they don't last forever. Is your alarm beeping?

Who is responsible for the air you breathe? Take control inside your homes.

-Link to: CO alarm standards –

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. Know when your fire department and emergency responders begin wearing their breathing apparatus and what their civilian evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide; it may be before 70 PPM. It is for pregnant women, infants & children, the elderly and all people of vulnerable health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

These following links may be of some use to you:
- The World Clock - Time Zones
- Google Maps-
- Earthquake Map

- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)

- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.

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.
NOTE: Another camera is in operation from a lower angle.

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
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