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> Family sent to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning
KRDO
After inspecting the home, the fire department determined the carbon monoxide leak came from a faulty furnace. The family cannot return to the home ...
Yakima Herald-Republic
Make sure your home has working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Smoke alarms should be everywhere people sleep, on each floor…
Gas engineers braced for New Year calls across South Yorkshire
Sheffield Telegraph
Faulty or badly maintained gas appliances can leak deadly carbon monoxide gas, causing death or serious injury. Gas engineers are preparing themselves for a busy New Year across South Yorkshire. National Grid engineers were called out to 519 emergency calls over the festive period last year - 234 in Sheffield and 285 in Barnsley and Rotherham. A total of 38 of these calls were received on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day and the company is expecting a similar amount this year…
Specialized Safety
Millbury-Sutton Chronicle
People who are deaf or hearing impaired can't rely on traditional alarms to alert them to potential dangers such as a fire or carbon monoxide leak,...
Foundation prepares for CO awareness month
West Seneca Bee
In honor of Amanda Hansen, who died Jan. 17, 2009, from carbon monoxide poisoning, Assemblyman Michael…
New state law mandates CO detectors in restaurants, other commercial buildings
Syracuse.com
ALBANY, NY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that mandates all restaurants and commercial buildings to install carbon monoxide ...
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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.
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Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Warman family recovering after carbon monoxide poisoning
CBC.ca
It was a close call for a family of seven in Warman. Three children and four adults were taken to hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning ...
Carbon monoxide forces residents out of home on Christmas night
Pilot Tribune
It is believed a down draft occurred on the furnace and water heater flue pipes cause of the carbon monoxide to enter the basement, thought the ...
Temperatures Dip, Carbon Monoxide Risks Rise
KWQC 6
Carbon Monoxide is a byproduct of burning wood or gas to heat our homes and cook our food. It's poisonous, and winter highlights its dangers, ...
Protecting Your Home From Carbon Monoxide
KMVT
"We had a Carbon Monoxide poisoning Christmas morning out West of Hailey. Two residents, a father and a daughter, had a malfunctioning boiler…
Faulty smoke detectors illustrate the downsides of the smart home
TechRepublic
Smart smoke detectors are a fantastic idea and, other than the false alarms, we're very pleased with the devices. I also prefer a smoke alarm that goes off when there's no smoke to one that doesn't go off when there is. But the whole concept of the smart home falls apart when the smart devices don't actually work…
Some of the information in the following article is incorrect. The charging car battery did not produce carbon monoxide, though it did trigger the carbon monoxide alarm. This alarm was caused by the out-gassing of hydrogen during the battery charging process. The carbon monoxide alarms and detectors used, falsely read the hydrogen as carbon monoxide. This cross interference is a quite common occurrence of the sensors typically used in these inexpensive safety devices.
Car battery charging sparks fire call out
Portsmouth News
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Portsmouth home in the dead of night after a carbon monoxide alarm went off as a car battery was charging in the ...
North Iowans experience one of the worst winters in years
Mason City Globe Gazette
Mason City residents Tom and Carmen Jimenez were found dead in their home of carbon monoxide poisoning…
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-Nine U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |
Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan |
Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |
North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island |Tennessee
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
West Virginia
Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
West Virginia
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.
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