Carbon Monoxide News June 23, 2013 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
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“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, bio link) 

 

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Fort Mill couple who survived CO poisoning say child's death “absolutely ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Billie and Pete Watson of Fort Mill survived carbon monoxide poisoning more than 20 years ago after renting a motel room over a pool heater. The Watsons say it is "appalling" that three people, including an 11-year-old Rock Hill boy, died in a similar ...

Brampton firefighters make fun video for kids
Brampton Guardian
Stop, drop and roll, 911 use, carbon monoxide detectors, home escape plans, and fire hazards in the home are just a few of the topics covered by the video. Frankie the Fire Hall co-hosts the video with two kids along for the fire safety tour.

Off-season heating system replacements and service
Almost all hydrocarbon fueled furnaces, boilers, domestic water heaters, space heaters, cooking units and similar “heating” combustion systems can operate safely and efficiently and do not need to produce harmful amounts of CO. They are designed to have systems with fuel controls, air mixing designs, flame containment and safe combustion gas discharge criteria that are all measurements to be verified.

All of these systems should be tested with service frequency by trained and certified technicians to manufacturer specifications. New systems should all be thoroughly tested when installed to establish the inauguration baseline and to verify it is what it was claimed to be. It should be tested again at least once a year or more and always when servicing. Knowledgeable technicians utilize test instruments that have the ability to test, record and print off their individual measurement results. These tests should include carbon monoxide measurements as part of the combustion analysis.

If verification tests are not performed, guesswork must have guided the installation or service work. The consumer or any customer should not receive or have to pay for guesswork. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

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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