Carbon Monoxide News October 25, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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Without CO detection— poor health, injury or death are not good options for anyone.

Your home should have a carbon monoxide alarm if you have an attached garage or use natural gas or propane or fuel oil to heat your water or use in your furnace, boiler, fireplace or cooking system. You should have a carbon monoxide alarm if you burn wood for heat or occasionally in a fireplace. Many homes need more than one CO alarm and all should have at least one low level monitor that will alert you before you may begin to feel ill. 

Make sure a trained & credentialed service professional tests each appliance using a testing instrument that can detect carbon monoxide or analyze the combustion gases. Today’s HVAC technician should also be able to measure building, duct and fuel pressures; to aid in the prevention or diagnosis of combustion system failure and CO generation.

If carbon monoxide is found, your cooperation to help correct the situation is vital. If you have symptoms described as carbon monoxide poisoning, seek medical testing! Today’s health care provider should be aware of the symptoms of CO poisoning and respond accurately. Their best response is to measure the victim.

Take some responsibility for the air you breathe. Have working carbon monoxide alarms or personal monitors on the job that inform and alert you to levels of CO before they make you sick or compound any pre-existing health problem. It is your air. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety  

CO and Air Quality News Links

7 at hospitals after gas leak at DC school
Washington Post
Several students, staffers and a parent were taken to hospitals Thursday after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide gas that apparently leaked ...

Elderly more at risk as temperatures dip: home heating safety tips
WTVM
"It happens mostly to the elderly that like to stay warm quite often and don't realize that the space heaters that they may be using do put off Carbon Monoxide," ...

EDITORIAL: Indiana should require use of CO detectors
nwitimes.com
Police Cmdr. Jeff Rice said it appears a generator in the home's garage was the source of the carbon monoxide. The home did not yet have power. Several ...

Local carbon monoxide victim showing 'signs of improvement'
The Daily News Journal
MURFREESBORO — Allison Goodman Morgan, who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while camping near the Talladega Speedway last Saturday, ...

Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.

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 packageand 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

Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

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

World population counter

- 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.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association

Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce

Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning Carbonmonoxidekills.com

· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

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

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