Sunday, November 3, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News November 3, 2013 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
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“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.”
Albert Camus (1913-1960, bio link)

CO and Air Quality News Links
Gas leak forces brief evacuation
WWLP 22News

Springfield residents are back in their apartment building on Plainfield Street after briefly being evacuated around 5 o'clock because of a carbon monoxide…

Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Santa Barbara Edhat

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department reminds residents to make another change that could save their lives - changing the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors…

Scottsdale Fire Department warns of carbon monoxide poisoning ...
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The Scottsdale Fire Department handed out free alarms to spread the message after a 22-year-old woman died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Non-working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors rob residents of the protective benefits home fire safety devices were designed to provide. The most ...

Get furnace checked for fall
Aurora Beacon News

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and toxic gas that is a by-product of combustion. Because it is odorless and colorless, it can kill you before you are ...

Ilfracombe property cordoned off after carbon monoxide detected
North Devon Journal

Crews received reports of a carbon monoxide alarm sounding just after 9pm last night at a property in Malborough Road. Two fire engines from Ilfracombe went ...

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:
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The World Clock - Time Zones
- Google Maps-
- Earthquake Map


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
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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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