Carbon Monoxide News October 27, 2013 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.

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It takes an injury or death, sometimes
Take some time when you might have it, to scroll back in time through the archives of this blog. You will find headline links and some relevant discussion regarding the carbon monoxide incidences and efforts describing community response and awareness activities from all over the world, some perhaps in your own town or area. (Some older links may be inactive.)

You will find what may appear to be the repeat of the same story though a year later, like one that came in this weekend about a poisoning at a youth ice skating rink activity. Though the story presented does not give a lot of details, it brings to mind other incidences where the ice smoothing devices, boilers and heaters, domestic water heaters, idling busses and cars and trucks parked too close to the building and whatever other combustion systems might be influencing the building's air quality. The search for the CO ghost goes on.

The more you test in these circumstances, the easier it gets the next time. (Unless someone dies or gets permanently injured, this part never gets easier. ) It is even easier to discover the source of the poison if you know more about this building with reference to carbon monoxide liabilities before an emergency event occurs. Worried parents will always wonder and worry about the safety of their children in a facility like this after an incident has occurred, but perhaps not so often before the triggering, awareness raising event. Parents might not even know carbon monoxide safety is something they should be concerned with when their children leave their homes.

Begin testing and taking responsibility of your air space. The air you or your children are breathing is something you should be concerned about. Carbon monoxide is not hard to detect or measure. You do need however, to have an easily obtainable personal CO monitor or a low level health monitor if you want to know for sure if enough CO is in the air to cause harm. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

 

CO and Air Quality News Links

Kids Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leaks in Ice Skating Rink ...
DAVID CHANG
Several children were taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide leaked inside an ice skating rink…

Ambulance service warns over carbon monoxide danger
Eagle Radio
Our local ambulance service is advising us to get carbon monoxide detectors for our homes.With winter fast approaching, many boilers will be switched back on…

Record number of volunteers rake yards in Portage County
Stevenspointjournal
Make a Difference Day: Yard raking and a free carbon monoxide detector give away were some of the highlights of Make a Difference Day on Saturday in the…

Your Heating System and Carbon Monoxide
PCBDaily.com By Jimy Thorpe
While the state of Florida is known for its warm climate and sunny views, residents understand the need for an effective heating system when temperatures ...

Fresh air shouldn't be only outdoors
Los Angeles Times
And that means more than installing a few carbon monoxide detectors or testing ... •Unlike mold, you can't see, smell or feel carbon monoxide, a deadly gas that ...

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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