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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 ...
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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
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 ...
- 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 |
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
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?
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.
Fieldpiece Instruments
The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
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