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"Someday Never Comes" -Creedence Clearwater Revival - music link
Another natural disaster; more distress than those outside the
damaged area can imagine. People of the world are asked again to do what they
can to help the people clinging to life as the disaster’s hell continues in the
Philippines. Another please, with hopes of another thank you. Bob Dwyer, CSME
Carbon Monoxide Safety Red Cross - Typhoon Appeal
My recent training trip to Illinois started when I arrived at night, after a devastating tornado gouged a leveling and destructive path through the innocent town of Washington, IL in Washington County. Other towns and cities also were affected. Illinois Governor Quinn pledged the state will do its part in helping the counties affected recover. Quinn declared disaster areas in Champaign, Grundy, LaSalle, Massac, Tazewell, Washington and Woodford counties originally and now adds Fayette and Vermillion to the list. There have been people sleeping in cars, using gasoline powered generators and other means to forge ahead with their lives, or to just stay warm. The clean up, the Red Cross, volunteers, churches and all the good people surface and react as if this was their purpose in life, to help those who need help.
The winds of landscape change have passed on again. We
must be wary of carbon monoxide sources during the clean up, repair and
rebuilding efforts. Generators, pumps, gasoline fueled power equipment, service
vehicles, barbeques and sleeping in your cars and trucks. The last thing you
might think about during all of this is having a battery operated carbon
monoxide alarm or personal CO safety monitor near you during these times. And,
unfortunately for some, it won’t be the last thing they think of. Bob
Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety Red Cross - Disaster Relief
We often show links from around-the-world with
appeals for carbon monoxide safety and poisoning prevention; they include:
· Remember to have carbon monoxide protection through audible and visual notification, at a minimal beginning level of 70 PPM. This is a high level but is the lowest test point of the most commonly used CO alarms in North America. Know that low level protection beginning over 5 PPM is best. Know how much CO you are in. Know the limitations of your protective devices.
· Remember to make sure your CO alarms have power via battery or direct electrical current or both if required. Does your occupation require you to know about carbon monoxide poisoning prevention for yourself or others? Wear a personal CO monitor.
· Do not use gas ovens or other combustion systems that are not intended for heating as a heating source. It is recommended to exhaust oven and cooking gases out of the living space.
· Take note of upsetting health symptoms you are experiencing or when others may be, and there is commonality as to where you are or have been.
Safety Note: The exhaust fan used to remove gas cooking gasses out of the breathable air may exert enough reverse pressure through air being forced out of the living space, that it might interfere with the exhaust pressure on atmospherically vented appliances, listed as Category I – those with a non positive vent pressure. These appliances can include boilers, furnaces space heaters, wall heaters, water heaters, wood and gas fireplace systems, spa and pool heaters and others. Building pressure testing and verification is vital to the safe performance of this combustion equipment. The more exhaust fans, the more foreseeable venting problems (that have solutions). This is more of that “measurement is education” stuff.
· Remember to have carbon monoxide protection through audible and visual notification, at a minimal beginning level of 70 PPM. This is a high level but is the lowest test point of the most commonly used CO alarms in North America. Know that low level protection beginning over 5 PPM is best. Know how much CO you are in. Know the limitations of your protective devices.
· Remember to make sure your CO alarms have power via battery or direct electrical current or both if required. Does your occupation require you to know about carbon monoxide poisoning prevention for yourself or others? Wear a personal CO monitor.
· Do not use gas ovens or other combustion systems that are not intended for heating as a heating source. It is recommended to exhaust oven and cooking gases out of the living space.
· Take note of upsetting health symptoms you are experiencing or when others may be, and there is commonality as to where you are or have been.
Safety Note: The exhaust fan used to remove gas cooking gasses out of the breathable air may exert enough reverse pressure through air being forced out of the living space, that it might interfere with the exhaust pressure on atmospherically vented appliances, listed as Category I – those with a non positive vent pressure. These appliances can include boilers, furnaces space heaters, wall heaters, water heaters, wood and gas fireplace systems, spa and pool heaters and others. Building pressure testing and verification is vital to the safe performance of this combustion equipment. The more exhaust fans, the more foreseeable venting problems (that have solutions). This is more of that “measurement is education” stuff.
Do you know what can generate carbon monoxide? Just
knowing will not protect you; it helps, that’s for sure. Measure carbon
monoxide for safety and knowledge. The
more you test the more you learn.
Measurement is education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon
Monoxide Safety
CO and Air Quality News Links
Atkinson Street home evacuated after SaskEnergy finds alarminly ... News Talk 980 CJME
A man in Regina was thanking “a third entity” on Saturday after SaskEnergy found the highest levels of carbon monoxide they've ever seen in his home…
One dead, one hurt in New Market carbon monoxide poisoning
WAAY
MADISON COUNTY, Alabama - One person is dead and another hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in New Market. Madison County...
Reducing air pollution during 2008 Beijing Olympics boosted residents' heart health, research reveals
CBSNews.com
An interesting new study of the 2008 Beijing Olympics lends new evidence to the link between air pollution and heart health. The study found that the Chinese government's cleanup efforts to reduce the smog and chronic air pollution that plagues the city led to a temporary boost in heart health, only to worsen after the games. "We believe this is the first major study to clearly demonstrate that changes in air pollution exposure affect cardiovascular disease mechanisms in healthy, young people," said study author Dr. Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, a professor of environmental and global health at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, said in a university news release…
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
- 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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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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