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Local officials urge roof safety during snow storm
wivb.com
Snow can clog the roof vents of a furnace, preventing exhaust fumes from getting outside. Those fumes contain carbon monoxide gas, a poison that can kill…
Tecumseh firefighters credit CO detector for averting potential tragedy
Windsor Star
The Tecumseh Fire Rescue Service is crediting a carbon monoxide detector for possibly saving a local family from tragedy… the home of a married couple with a four-month-old infant son. The mother was already feeling like she had a headache when the home’s battery-powered CO detector sounded an alarm…
State suspends contractor's license after carbon monoxide deaths at Boone hotel
Winston-Salem Journal
A state board has suspended the license of a contractor who did faulty work on a pool heater later found to be the source of leaking carbon monoxide that killed three guests at a Boone hotel…
Students could mistake carbon monoxide poisoning for a hangover
The National Student
Students could be at increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning because the symptoms are similar to that of a hangover, according to an expert…
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:
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.
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
Redmond PD: Stuck car caught fire; man died from smoke
KTVZ
A 21-year-old Redmond man died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning late Friday after the car he borrowed got stuck in the snow and ...
Assisted Living Home Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Detected
1011now
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Residents of an assisted living home were evacuated Wednesday morning after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected…
Carbon monoxide alarm saves South Norwood woman from 'silent killer'
Your Local Guardian
A woman in South Norwood escaped a gas leak that could have killed her thanks to a carbon monoxide alarm. Fire crews were called to her house ...
Four suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in Roseland
Chicago Tribune
Four adults are in critical condition after they suffered carbon monoxide ... Fire fighters took carbon monoxide readings of the home and found it ...
Tyrone Man Recovering After CO Poisoning
WHMI
After almost being killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, a Tyrone Township man is recovering. Cedar Butler was rescued from a home on ...
High carbon monoxide levels make Burlington office building unsafe
WQAD.com
It was around 2:30 p.m. when carbon monoxide alarms were reportedly sounding. The 4-story brick building had an elevated level of carbon monoxide ...
Carbon monoxide leak puts family in danger
KVIA El Paso
One family was in a near-death situation when their carbon monoxide detector went off in the middle of the night. Fortunately, father of three ...
All clear given after Augusta school evacuated
KAKE
The Augusta Department of Public Safety and the Kansas Gas Service checked for a possible carbon monoxide leak. No leak was found and the ...
Carbon Monoxide Canary - music link
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 - 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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