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We can learn from others mistakes and efforts to prevent poisoning.
“How many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?”
"Blowing in the Wind" Bob Dylan - music link, live vintage
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Second high profile poisoning for Fargo, North Dakota
Almost 20 workers at Fargo bird food plant hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure
Grand Forks Herald
FM Ambulance and the Fargo Fire Department were dispatched to Red River Commodities Fargo Bird Food Plant with reports of carbon monoxide on ...
Minnesota ice arenas test air quality twice weekly
Washington Times
(AP) - Minnesota ice arena managers are underlining the importance of monitoring air quality following two incidents of suspected carbon monoxide ... Bloomington Ice Garden is one of the facilities that has completely eliminated fumes and exhaust by using electric ice resurfacers and rink edgers…
Father of man killed by CO in Passaic calls for passage of bill to require detectors
NorthJersey.com
PASSAIC — Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to require carbon monoxide detectors in all New Jersey commercial and industrial buildings ...
Working carbon monoxide alarms saved lives of local family, says fire chief
Elliot Lake Standard
Carbon monoxide detectors saved an Elliot Lake family. The law now requires that all homes that burn fuel must have a carbon monoxide detector on ...
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We have all been CO poisoned, some more than others
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.
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
CO and Air Quality News Links
7 firefighters treated after carbon monoxide leak
KVUE Texas
TRAVIS COUNTY -- One Pedernales Fire Department firefighter is recovering in the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at a warehouse in west ...
Firefighters offer tips for keeping home safe this winter
Foster's Daily Democrat
Test carbon monoxide alarms to make sure they are working. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and tasteless gas that is highly toxic…
McGregor EMS gets four new defibrillators
Foster's Daily Democrat
Mueller said the new equipment replaces three different pieces of equipment — an adult defibrillator, a pediatric defibrillator, and a carbon monoxide detector ...
Experts urge general public to use heating sources more carefully
Himalayan Times
Despite fatalities due to heating sources like electric and gas heaters and makals (briquette burned in a vessel to keep rooms warm) during winter season, people are not paying enough attention when it comes to keeping themselves warm during winter, experts say…
Hose failure cited in carbon monoxide poisonings that sickened soldiers
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS - A corroded vent hose caused carbon monoxide poisoning that sickened four soldiers near Eielson Air Force Base in September…
Nursery carbon monoxide victims released from hospital
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Nine workers who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at a plant nursery have been discharged from hospital…
· 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 |
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
Pretending he just doesn't see?”
"Blowing in the Wind" Bob Dylan - music link, live vintage
Featured News Links – More news links below
Second high profile poisoning for Fargo, North Dakota
Almost 20 workers at Fargo bird food plant hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure
Grand Forks Herald
FM Ambulance and the Fargo Fire Department were dispatched to Red River Commodities Fargo Bird Food Plant with reports of carbon monoxide on ...
Minnesota ice arenas test air quality twice weekly
Washington Times
(AP) - Minnesota ice arena managers are underlining the importance of monitoring air quality following two incidents of suspected carbon monoxide ... Bloomington Ice Garden is one of the facilities that has completely eliminated fumes and exhaust by using electric ice resurfacers and rink edgers…
Father of man killed by CO in Passaic calls for passage of bill to require detectors
NorthJersey.com
PASSAIC — Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to require carbon monoxide detectors in all New Jersey commercial and industrial buildings ...
Working carbon monoxide alarms saved lives of local family, says fire chief
Elliot Lake Standard
Carbon monoxide detectors saved an Elliot Lake family. The law now requires that all homes that burn fuel must have a carbon monoxide detector on ...
More news links below -
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
7 firefighters treated after carbon monoxide leak
KVUE Texas
TRAVIS COUNTY -- One Pedernales Fire Department firefighter is recovering in the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at a warehouse in west ...
Firefighters offer tips for keeping home safe this winter
Foster's Daily Democrat
Test carbon monoxide alarms to make sure they are working. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and tasteless gas that is highly toxic…
McGregor EMS gets four new defibrillators
Foster's Daily Democrat
Mueller said the new equipment replaces three different pieces of equipment — an adult defibrillator, a pediatric defibrillator, and a carbon monoxide detector ...
Experts urge general public to use heating sources more carefully
Himalayan Times
Despite fatalities due to heating sources like electric and gas heaters and makals (briquette burned in a vessel to keep rooms warm) during winter season, people are not paying enough attention when it comes to keeping themselves warm during winter, experts say…
Hose failure cited in carbon monoxide poisonings that sickened soldiers
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS - A corroded vent hose caused carbon monoxide poisoning that sickened four soldiers near Eielson Air Force Base in September…
Nursery carbon monoxide victims released from hospital
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Nine workers who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at a plant nursery have been discharged from hospital…
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.
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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