Carbon Monoxide News November 13, 2013 - posts updated frequently

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Building evacuated due to carbon monoxide leak
Newsradio 620 By Jaclyn Brandt
MILWAUKEE - Residents have been evacuated from a two-story apartment building located at 13th and Locust in Milwaukee. We Energies and the Red Cross are on scene, and all residents have been evacuated. A county bus has been brought in to load the residents up while they wait…

DRF Air Rescue fits carbon monoxide detectors to fleet
HeliHub.com
The heating system is broken, and carbon monoxide (CO) – odourless and invisible – is wafting through the flat. To protect its crews against such situations, DRF Luftrettung has equipped all its helicopters with a CO detector.... Crew safety takes precedence - The small device shows CO concentrations in parts per million (ppm) and warns in two stages - at a concentration of 30 ppm and 60 ppm. "For us, 30 means: there's something there and we need to open the windows and doors before we can help", said Greschke. "60 means: we have to get out of here as fast as possible, under certain circumstances even without the patient." In this case, the rescuers have to wait for the fire department. "Self-protection takes precedence", says Greschke. "It’s no use to anyone if the emergency physician is lying unconscious next to the patient."

Faulty heating unit blamed for carbon monoxide school poisoning ...
Ed Doney
An OKCPS official says a faulty heating unit is to blame for the carbon monoxide leak and they're now testing it to find the problem. Crews spent the entire day…

Poison zamboni causes shutdown at ice rink in Hamilton
The Trentonian
In late October, seven children were treated at hospitals after an apparent carbon monoxide leak made them sick at Ice Land Skating Rink in Hamilton…

Quick reaction saves couple overcome by carbon monoxide fumes ...
Quincy Herald Whig
“She was calling for help, saying she and Denny were on the floor (having been overcome by what were carbon monoxide fumes from the furnace),” “We live in an older home, and when we turned on the furnace, we smelled a little bit of ‘gas’ but didn’t think too much about it,”…She figured it was just a reaction of the furnace being turned on for the first time since last winter…

 

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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