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"The Voice" Moody Blues - music link, vintage
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Family Hopes to Prevent More CO Deaths
WLTX.com
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Jeffrey Lee Williams died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Boone, North Carolina hotel room nearly two years ago. Now the family is now trying to prevent more carbon monoxide deaths in the future…
Carbon monoxide trial postponed for Best Western where Rock Hill boy died
The Herald
The criminal case against the former manager of the Best Western in the carbon monoxide poisonings of four hotel guests was unexpectedly postponed...
Community rallies around family of Epworth teen
kwwl.com
It's been just a week since 18-year old Cole Haan died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. But the students of Cascade High School and…
Luxury motor boat deaths caused by carbon-monoxide poisoning
DutchNews.nl
The three men found dead on a luxury motor boat last Sunday died from carbon-monoxide poisoning, police said on Tuesday…
Fire chief notes how quickly carbon monoxide can kill as new law comes into effect
Kawartha Media Group
BROCK TWP - Brock fire chief Rick Harrison tells a story that highlights the importance of having a carbon monoxide alarm in your home…About three years ago, he said, a Beaverton couple and another family member were in the home. Everyone was asleep when the CO alarm went off; waking the woman, who then roused the rest of the family. All escaped… The CO levels later measured were so high, the chief said, it was incredible the family wasn’t killed…
Wichita-area hospitals offer treatments using hyperbaric chambers
Wichita Eagle
After almost dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, Charlie Sharp was treated in a chamber to help flood his blood with oxygen… Hyperbaric chambers are traditionally known for treating divers who get decompression sickness known as the bends. But at three area landlocked hospitals, the chambers are being used in wound care clinics to treat patients suffering from tissue damage after radiation treatments, deep bone infections, wounds that won’t heal and several other conditions…
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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?
CO and Air Quality News Links
Barrow gym evacuated after gas leak
NW Evening Mail
The fire service confirmed that it was a carbon dioxide leak in the plant room of the Hollywood Park gym rather than a carbon monoxide leak…
Grant provides alarms for area homes
Elkin Jonesville Tribune
Elkin firefighters kicked off the grant project with a smoke alarm canvassing event on Saturday,… As part of this grant project, the Elkin Fire Department extended an invitation to Elkin residents to schedule an appointment for a free home fire safety inspection. Members of the Elkin Fire Department will conduct a fire safety inspection of one’s home and if non-working or outdated smoke alarms are found, will install smoke alarms…
RAYAC raises concerns about proposed CO detector ordinance
York Daily Record/Sunday News
York City Council did not vote on a bill that would put the city in charge of enforcing a state law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in tenant-occupied homes...
Medical Research and Endogenous Carbon Monoxide
Breathless: How blood-oxygen levels regulate air intake
Medical Xpress
When blood is adequately oxygenated, heme oxygenase-2 induces synthesis of the gaseous messenger carbon monoxide…
Air emissions increase throughout state in 2013, says DEP report
Bradford Era
Pennsylvania Natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania increased across the state in 2013, and so did the release of air emissions. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released a report on Monday about 2013 natural gas emissions across the state, giving data on 16 pollutants by county and by producer…
Carbon Monoxide Safety - El Paso County, Colorado, Public Service Announcement
- 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
"The Voice" Moody Blues - music link, vintage
Featured News Links – More news links below
Family Hopes to Prevent More CO Deaths
WLTX.com
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Jeffrey Lee Williams died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Boone, North Carolina hotel room nearly two years ago. Now the family is now trying to prevent more carbon monoxide deaths in the future…
Carbon monoxide trial postponed for Best Western where Rock Hill boy died
The Herald
The criminal case against the former manager of the Best Western in the carbon monoxide poisonings of four hotel guests was unexpectedly postponed...
Community rallies around family of Epworth teen
kwwl.com
It's been just a week since 18-year old Cole Haan died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. But the students of Cascade High School and…
Luxury motor boat deaths caused by carbon-monoxide poisoning
DutchNews.nl
The three men found dead on a luxury motor boat last Sunday died from carbon-monoxide poisoning, police said on Tuesday…
Fire chief notes how quickly carbon monoxide can kill as new law comes into effect
Kawartha Media Group
BROCK TWP - Brock fire chief Rick Harrison tells a story that highlights the importance of having a carbon monoxide alarm in your home…About three years ago, he said, a Beaverton couple and another family member were in the home. Everyone was asleep when the CO alarm went off; waking the woman, who then roused the rest of the family. All escaped… The CO levels later measured were so high, the chief said, it was incredible the family wasn’t killed…
Wichita-area hospitals offer treatments using hyperbaric chambers
Wichita Eagle
After almost dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, Charlie Sharp was treated in a chamber to help flood his blood with oxygen… Hyperbaric chambers are traditionally known for treating divers who get decompression sickness known as the bends. But at three area landlocked hospitals, the chambers are being used in wound care clinics to treat patients suffering from tissue damage after radiation treatments, deep bone infections, wounds that won’t heal and several other conditions…
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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.
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
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
Barrow gym evacuated after gas leak
NW Evening Mail
The fire service confirmed that it was a carbon dioxide leak in the plant room of the Hollywood Park gym rather than a carbon monoxide leak…
Grant provides alarms for area homes
Elkin Jonesville Tribune
Elkin firefighters kicked off the grant project with a smoke alarm canvassing event on Saturday,… As part of this grant project, the Elkin Fire Department extended an invitation to Elkin residents to schedule an appointment for a free home fire safety inspection. Members of the Elkin Fire Department will conduct a fire safety inspection of one’s home and if non-working or outdated smoke alarms are found, will install smoke alarms…
RAYAC raises concerns about proposed CO detector ordinance
York Daily Record/Sunday News
York City Council did not vote on a bill that would put the city in charge of enforcing a state law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in tenant-occupied homes...
Medical Research and Endogenous Carbon Monoxide
Breathless: How blood-oxygen levels regulate air intake
Medical Xpress
When blood is adequately oxygenated, heme oxygenase-2 induces synthesis of the gaseous messenger carbon monoxide…
Air emissions increase throughout state in 2013, says DEP report
Bradford Era
Pennsylvania Natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania increased across the state in 2013, and so did the release of air emissions. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released a report on Monday about 2013 natural gas emissions across the state, giving data on 16 pollutants by county and by producer…
Carbon Monoxide Safety - El Paso County, Colorado, Public Service Announcement
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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