Saturday, May 31, 2014

Carbon Monoxide News May 31, 2014 - posts updated frequently

Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
Scroll back in time through our archives for previous CO News links.
We can learn from others mistakes and efforts to prevent poisoning.


“Another day older and what do you get?”
Sixteen Tons- Tennessee Ernie Ford - music link (1919-1991, bio link)

FEATURE ARTICLE

This is why you measure the air when entering all buildings
Carbon monoxide scare evacuates Carle Place Dunkin' Donuts
Newsday
An ambulance medical technician went into a Carle Place Dunkin' Donuts for coffee in the predawn hours of Friday, but it was a carbon monoxide ...

What will you be doing today?
Who will be responsible for the air you breathe?

We are all vulnerable to carbon monoxide exposure and poisoning.
Everyone has been poisoned by CO and will be poisoned again. The degree of the poisoning depends upon allowing yourself to be in a situation where someone else controls the air you breathe and the mechanisms for alarming notification.

Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions that come with the unit. 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 as soon as the gas is present in your presence. Pregnant women, infants & children, people with heart & respiratory struggles, those suffering depression or chronic headaches and all people of vulnerable health should be alerted as soon as the gas begins to concentrate, around 10 PPM (parts per million).

Do not take risks with carbon monoxide. Take responsibility for the air you breathe and the combustion systems you are responsible for. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for others.

Help prevent injuries and deaths; don’t guess about carbon monoxide.

Measure carbon monoxide for safety and knowledge. The more you test the more you learn. Measurement is continuing education at its best.
Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety 

CO and Air Quality News Links
Generators: What kind to buy, how to use them
Pensacola News Journal
The exhaust from generators contains poisonous carbon monoxide, an odorless, invisible killer. The amount of carbon monoxide from one generator ...

Ministry of Public Health monitors health effects from fuel recycling fire
Thailand National News Bureau
The combustion of used fuel, emits carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide which can harm the respiratory system. In addition, chemicals in fuel such as ...

Hookah bars home to dangerous air pollution: Study
Sault Star
Air quality tests at seven hookah bars found dangerously high levels of airborne particulate matter, carbon monoxide and nicotine. Hookah bars ...

Advice on boat fire safety
The Argus
FIREFIGHTERS will advise boat owners about the dangers of fire and carbon monoxide risks on their vessels. Roedean firefighters will be on hand at ...

Nest to Recall 440K Fire Alarms in US
Campus Safety Magazine
Nest to Recall 440K Fire Alarms in U.S. Nest Labs has shipped 400,000 of its smoke alarm-carbon monoxide devices in the United States. The alarms ...

Parents granted legal aid after Corfu carbon monoxide deaths
ITV News
A family whose children died from carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday have been granted legal aid for an inquest after an initial request for support ... 

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 package and 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: 

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

National Conference of State Legislatures 
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes 

Twenty-eight U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Feb. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
  |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | |Minnesota 
  
Red Cross - Typhoon Appeal continues in the Philippines. Another please, with hopes of another thank you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Red Cross - Disaster Relief to safely assist law enforcement, fire department, utility company, city, county and state authorities as repair and rebuilding moves forward. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

Nationally, the Red Cross provides food and shelter to people affected by as many as 70,000 fires annually, or about one fire every eight minutes.

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 

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