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Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety - Guest Speaker
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
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“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832, bio link)
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Local school closes early because of carbon monoxide leak
KRDO
Pikes Peak Christian School in Colorado Springs school did not have carbon monoxide detectors when an accumulation of the dangerous gas forced ...
L.I. EMTs Called Heroes When Their CO Detectors Find Leak At Bagel Shop
CBS Local
“NO sooner than two seconds I walk in the door, my CO meter starts going off also,” Daly said… CO, of course, is the chemical symbol for carbon monoxide. The EMTs both carry carbon monoxide detectors at all times that detect any gas buildup.
Carbon monoxide alarm helps Kennewick family escape house
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
A Kennewick mother is thankful for a carbon monoxide detector that may have saved lives Thursday morning…
Carbon monoxide sends one to hospital
Kitsap Sun
CENTRAL KITSAP — A person partly overcome with carbon monoxide Thursday was sent to Harrison Medical Center. Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue ...
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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.
GET BUSY
Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Carbon monoxide blamed for woman's death
Lima Ohio Lima Police Department's Sgt. Andy Green said Shirley Breland, 53, of Lima, appears to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in her home. A faulty furnace ...
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NewsOK.com
The two people found dead in Ponca City, in northern Oklahoma, are suspected to have died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, police there ...
3 Milford Families Displaced After 'Dangerous Levels of CO' Detected
Patch.com
Eight Milford residents including three children have been displaced from their Naugatuck Avenue house after dangerous levels of carbon monoxide ...
8 sickened by carbon monoxide in Indianapolis home
Merced Sun-Star
The Indianapolis Fire Department says three adults in the home were found unconscious Thursday morning and two other adults and three children showed signs of illness…
11 taken to hospital for carbon monoxide effects
WMTV
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee fire officials say 11 people were treated at a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning… Six adults and five children were transported late Wednesday night from a home where carbon monoxide readings were high…
Freeman Medical Focus: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Four States Homepage Video
But in some cases, a leaky system can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. Action 12's Gretchen Bolander takes a closer look…
Spike In Carbon Monoxide Related Calls
BlackburnNews.com
Firefighters in London are issuing a warning after responding to over 24 carbon monoxide related calls in the last two weeks…
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)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)
- Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
- 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.
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