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New Detectors Alert Medics to Carbon Monoxide Leak in Apartment Building
Fox 28
SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS (Csaba Sukosd) - A routine EMS run turned into an apartment evacuation after medics detected carbon monoxide when ... "We've had some success now of identifying problems before they became worse, so especially as we get into colder weather this is going to be a big deal for us."…
Important Replay - Check your alarms - They may not be working
1.3 Million Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detectors Recalled
DailyFinance
More than 1 million alarms intended to alert people to smoke and carbon monoxide in their homes are being recalled because of a defect that could cause them to fail, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday. The Kidde smoke alarms and combination smoke detector/CO alarms are hard-wired, and can fail following a power outage, the CPSC said. About 1.2 million were sold in the U.S. and about 112,000 were sold in Canada. The problem, Kidde said, is in the programming code of the devices….
What is in the air you are breathing right now?
What will you be doing today; walking into poison?
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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.
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) or lower.
You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.
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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.
Sangamon Valley schools install carbon monoxide detectors
Herald & Review
NIANTIC – When Sangamon Valley School District Superintendent Ernie Fowler heard about a carbon monoxide incident at North Mac Middle School in Girard, he knew he had to address the possibility in his own district. “It got me to thinking about our schools and what we need to be doing,” he said. “I wish I'd have thought of this before, but after that happened, I thought, we don't have anything in our schools to tell us that maybe our levels might be high.”
Carbon monoxide leak reported at Billerica Memorial High School
Lowell Sun
BILLERICA -- First responders found no hazard at Billerica Memorial High School on Wednesday after receiving reports of a carbon monoxide leak…
LA Serving As Pilot City For NASA's New Megacities Carbon Project
RedOrbit
Ground sensors atop towers and buildings measure carbon dioxide, ... By the end of the year, NASA plans to have a network of 15 monitoring stations around the Los Angeles basin that will use commercially available high-precision greenhouse gas analyzers to continually sample the local air as part of its Megacities Carbon Project, the US-based agency revealed on Tuesday…
COSA appoints Don Piano Colorado Training Coordinator
HVAC Insider – National
Howard Weiss of HVAC Excellence and a COSA board member notes Don has been instrumental in organizing several carbon monoxide safety programs the past few years in Colorado Springs for their presenting instructors and affiliates. "He has helped vitalize the growth of community participation in CO poisoning prevention, including his active role in the local CO Task Force that's made up of community members representing a wide variety of interests."…
Risk of carbon monoxide poisoning increases in fall, winter
KSDK
Captain Gregg Favre said the St. Louis Fire Department always sees an increase in the number of calls related to carbon monoxide this time of year…
Gas Safety Week – use the momentum to raise awareness
Child Accident Prevention Trust
Think you can't be affected by carbon monoxide poisoning? Think again! Basically, if you have any boiler, gas hob, wood-burning stove, open fire or ...
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Efforts Continue
Lindsey O'Brien Kesling Foundation
Lindsey O'Brien Kesling was 22 years-old when she died in her Scottsdale apartment from accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning…
1 Million West Midland Residents Value their TV More Than Their Health Says Laker Home Care
Perfect Health, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo CA D
Half of West Midlands homes dont have a carbon monoxide monitor according to… One in eight West Midland residents actually felt that they would be more worried about their television packing up than them having a boiler that gives off carbon monoxide…
· 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 |
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
1.3 Million Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detectors Recalled
DailyFinance
More than 1 million alarms intended to alert people to smoke and carbon monoxide in their homes are being recalled because of a defect that could cause them to fail, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday. The Kidde smoke alarms and combination smoke detector/CO alarms are hard-wired, and can fail following a power outage, the CPSC said. About 1.2 million were sold in the U.S. and about 112,000 were sold in Canada. The problem, Kidde said, is in the programming code of the devices….
We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit:
The following link takes you to a site with views from those who have been poisoned. The seriousness of carbon monoxide poisoning, the grief, suffering and disorientations experienced are clearly portrayed with the intent to help others and prevent future poisonings. With respect, please visit:
What is in the air you are breathing right now?
What will you be doing today; walking into poison?
Who will be responsible for the air you breathe?
You may be the only person who can prevent your own poisoning.
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 carbon monoxide alarm. Know that if it is a U.L. 2034 Listed product (or CSA 6.19 Listed), it is a high level alarm that has been tested to alarm no sooner than 70 PPM at the lowest (the alarm must resist for one hour when above this level) and when over 400 PPM before 15 minutes at the highest concentration, after resisting alarming for 4 minutes when over this level.
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) or lower.
You most likely need a low level carbon monoxide detector to sound off when carbon monoxide hazards are just beginning, not after you’ve been exposed to levels that make you have headaches, flu-like symptoms, increased tiredness, heart stresses or worse.
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, unless you think $45.00, high level protection is good enough.
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.
GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO and Air Quality News Links Sangamon Valley schools install carbon monoxide detectors
Herald & Review
NIANTIC – When Sangamon Valley School District Superintendent Ernie Fowler heard about a carbon monoxide incident at North Mac Middle School in Girard, he knew he had to address the possibility in his own district. “It got me to thinking about our schools and what we need to be doing,” he said. “I wish I'd have thought of this before, but after that happened, I thought, we don't have anything in our schools to tell us that maybe our levels might be high.”
Carbon monoxide leak reported at Billerica Memorial High School
Lowell Sun
BILLERICA -- First responders found no hazard at Billerica Memorial High School on Wednesday after receiving reports of a carbon monoxide leak…
LA Serving As Pilot City For NASA's New Megacities Carbon Project
RedOrbit
Ground sensors atop towers and buildings measure carbon dioxide, ... By the end of the year, NASA plans to have a network of 15 monitoring stations around the Los Angeles basin that will use commercially available high-precision greenhouse gas analyzers to continually sample the local air as part of its Megacities Carbon Project, the US-based agency revealed on Tuesday…
COSA appoints Don Piano Colorado Training Coordinator
HVAC Insider – National
Howard Weiss of HVAC Excellence and a COSA board member notes Don has been instrumental in organizing several carbon monoxide safety programs the past few years in Colorado Springs for their presenting instructors and affiliates. "He has helped vitalize the growth of community participation in CO poisoning prevention, including his active role in the local CO Task Force that's made up of community members representing a wide variety of interests."…
Risk of carbon monoxide poisoning increases in fall, winter
KSDK
Captain Gregg Favre said the St. Louis Fire Department always sees an increase in the number of calls related to carbon monoxide this time of year…
Gas Safety Week – use the momentum to raise awareness
Child Accident Prevention Trust
Think you can't be affected by carbon monoxide poisoning? Think again! Basically, if you have any boiler, gas hob, wood-burning stove, open fire or ...
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Efforts Continue
Lindsey O'Brien Kesling Foundation
Lindsey O'Brien Kesling was 22 years-old when she died in her Scottsdale apartment from accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning…
1 Million West Midland Residents Value their TV More Than Their Health Says Laker Home Care
Perfect Health, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo CA D
Half of West Midlands homes dont have a carbon monoxide monitor according to… One in eight West Midland residents actually felt that they would be more worried about their television packing up than them having a boiler that gives off carbon monoxide…
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
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:
- 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:
-Alcoa Eagle Nest Camera
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- 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
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- 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
· 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 |
Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
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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