Saturday, January 31, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News January 31, 2015 - 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.


“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
Moliere (1622-1673, bio link)

"Glory of Love" Jimmy Durante - music link

Featured News Links – More news links below
Minnesota requires higher degree of carbon monoxide safety at ice arenas than in homes and other buildings.
Minnesota ice arenas serious about air quality
Mankato Free Press
More than 80 people reported to hospitals because of carbon monoxide ... The department requires arenas to take carbon monoxide and nitrogen ...

Moravian College heater malfunctions, triggering carbon monoxide concern
lehighvalleylive.com
The heater raised carbon monoxide readings inside the building, city fire Capt. Chis Danyluk said. The building was ventilated, and levels returned to ...

Follow up
Carbon monoxide leak in Norristown under investigation
The Times Herald
PECO workers at the site of an under ground fire that which caused carbon monoxide to leak into nearby business along East Main Street in ...

Storm Update
What a dump! Blizzard of 2015 crushes Cape
Barnstable Patriot
One of the more critical issues local fire departments were receiving calls about was the buildup of carbon monoxide in area homes… "We've had 20 real carbon monoxide events in the last two days," Melanson said… 
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. 

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
Carbon monoxide leak lands two Leominster workers in hospital
Sentinel & Enterprise
LEOMINSTER -- Two factory workers were taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide...

Update
Report: Apartment complex had prior problem with carbon monoxide
WKYC-TV
The Cleveland Fire Department says Wednesday night was the second scare for carbon monoxide poisoning at the Neal Terrace apartment complex ...

Update
Carbon Monoxide leak at Castlemere Community Centre caused by missing flue
Rochdale Online
The carbon monoxide leak at Castlemere Community Centre on Wednesday (28 January) that hospitalised ten people was caused after workmen ...

Update
New report into Windermere carbon monoxide boat deaths
The Westmorland Gazette
A NEW report into the tragic deaths of a mother and daughter from carbon monoxide poisoning inside a boat on Windermere has been released...

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-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 | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | 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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Friday, January 30, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News January 30, 2015 - 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.


“Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.”
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855, bio link)

"Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" Traffic - music link, vintage

Featured News Links – More news links below
Woman sickened by carbon monoxide fumes
The Intelligencer
Chief Herb Slack said a free carbon monoxide detector given to the family as part of a federal program to distribute 1,500 detectors in Bristol helped save the family ...

Coweta Family Narrowly Escapes House Full Of Carbon Monoxide
News On 6
COWETA, Oklahoma - A Coweta family was minutes away from dying, when they realized their home was silently filling with carbon monoxide. Chris and Jennifer Shultz had been sick with headaches and nausea for a few days. Jennifer had even gone to a minor emergency room. She said doctors thought it was ‘the crud,' gave her some medicine and sent her home; but the more they stayed at home, the worse they felt – that's because their house had turned into something more like a gas chamber…

'I was close to death, not even knowing it': Mom speaks out about carbon monoxide poisoning
fox8.com
CLEVELAND – A mother of two kids rushed to the hospital after being exposed to deadly levels of carbon monoxide said she now realizes her kids ...
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. 

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
Fire officials wake, evacuate residents after alarm signals high levels of carbon monoxide
Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/1wFMP45 )
Fire Chief Brian Comeau tells WMUR the source of the carbon monoxide was a heater in the indoor pool area…

Exeter man succumbs to CO poisoning while working on car, coroner says
WFMZ Allentown
A man working on a running car inside a closed garage in Berks County died after being overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said…

8 people hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning in Exeter
WGME
EXETER, NH - The assistant fire chief of the Exeter, N.H. Fire Department says eight people were transported to the hospital for carbon monixide...

Silent killer | How to protect yourself from carbon monoxide
WKYC-TV
That silent killer carbon monoxide sent six people to the hospital Wednesday night but they did not go off… An Ohio University study tested out 30 carbon monoxide detectors that indicated they were operating correctly. Twelve of them "failed unsafe," alarming too late, and five "failed safe," alarming too early. That means 17 of 30 didn't work properly, That's a failure rate of 57 percent…

Underground Fire Sparks Potentially Lethal Gas Leak in Norristown
NBC 10 Philadelphia
Firefighters worked through the night to clear three commercial buildings in Norristown of carbon monoxide, which reached lethal levels in the properties... The CO readings were so high -- 3,800 parts per million -- that O'Donnell said they were capable of killing a person in minutes…

Updates and warnings
Carbon monoxide scares prompt warnings
The Union Leader
This dog was among those evacuated from the Exeter Mill apartments after a carbon monoxide incident Thursday morning…

Grim's Tales: Take carbon monoxide seriously
The Lake Country Echo
I let out a groan when I heard it was a carbon monoxide alarm. We get a lot of carbon monoxide alarms from homes with alarms that ...

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-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 | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | 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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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Carbon Monoxide News January 29, 2015 - 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.


"Cry Me A River" Joe Cocker - music link, live

Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY MEETING
FREE TO THE PUBLIC - HOSTED BY:
THE PIKES PEAK REGIONAL BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Colorado Springs, Colorado
DATE AND TIME: January 29, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 PM
Register online for - CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY MEETING

Featured News Links – More news links below
Man hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, tips to prevent
WGME
YARMOUTH (WGME) -- One of the real dangers this time of year is carbon monoxide poisoning. A Yarmouth man was sent to the hospital after first ...

Couple survives carbon monoxide scare, gets help fighting 'silent killer'
wivb.com
Firefighters took a reading of carbon monoxide levels outside the Tonawanda couple's house, and the meter measured 260 parts per million, ...

Learn about carbon monoxide safety Thursday night
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
COLORADO SPRINGS - The Pikes Peak Regional Development meeting is holding a Carbon Monoxide Safety Meeting from 6-8 pm. Thursday night.

Ice fishermen reminded to be aware of carbon monoxide poisoning
Southernminn.com
After an Austin man recently died inside his ice house on Clear Lake from carbon monoxide poisoning, ice fishermen are reminded of symptoms and ...
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. 

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
6 hospitalized after possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Action News Ohio
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Cleveland EMS says several people have been transported to a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. A neighbor found children on the floor and their mother sick Wednesday night…

6 taken to hospital after carbon monoxide exposure
WMUR Manchester
FREMONT, N.H. —Six people were rushed to the hospital from a home in Fremont after being exposed to elevated levels of carbon monoxide…

Live updates: Carbon monoxide leak reported at Rochdale community centre
Manchester Evening News
Several people have been taken to hospital after a suspected leak of carbon monoxide at Castlemere Community Centre…

Three women, six children die in sleep due to carbon monoxide poisoning
Pakistan Today
At least nine people, including three women, four girls and two boys, died in their sleep due to inhaling carbon monoxide emitting from a power generator...

Officials respond to carbon monoxide spike, warn of danger
WMTW Portland
Authorities said carbon monoxide readings were as high as 1,000 parts per million in the Yarmouth man’s bedroom. Levels of 10 parts per million are harmful…

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-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 | MassachusettsMichigan |
Minnesota | 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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