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Earthquake in Nepal: Children Need Your Help Now
Nearly 1 million children require humanitarian assistance, and UNICEF is on the ground working to provide critical aid to children and families.
“May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.”
George Carlin (1937-2008, bio link)
"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" Pete Seeger - music link, vintage
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Walmart Evacuated For 2nd Time In Month Due To Carbon Monoxide
KKTV 11 News
Forty-five people were evacuated from a north Colorado Springs Walmart early Tuesday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in the store…
Follow Up
Newburgh focusing on housing needs
Times Herald-Record
The deaths of Jewelle Cummings, James Patterson and Robert Richardson at 55 Lander Street in March revived the issue of neglectful landlords. Those deaths happened in a building with a clogged furnace chimney and no carbon-monoxide detectors…
Door To Door Safety Program
Stay Fire Smart campaign launched in Newmarket and Aurora
YorkRegion.com
“The campaign is a free public service for all residents who require assistance with the maintenance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.”… raise awareness around home escape planning and to remind residents it is the law to have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in homes. Crews will travel door-to-door and hand out information packages, a free home inspection will be offered, and the importance of having a 72-hour emergency kit will be stressed…
Carbon Dioxide Leak (Not Carbon Monoxide)
Carbon dioxide leak from drink dispenser suspected as 3 employees evacuated from Irvine gas station
OCRegister
Two women and one man, all gas station employees, were inside the store when suddenly they started feeling dizzy, nauseous, had an increased heart rate and began having difficulty breathing,…
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"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" Pete Seeger - music link, vintage
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Walmart Evacuated For 2nd Time In Month Due To Carbon Monoxide
KKTV 11 News
Forty-five people were evacuated from a north Colorado Springs Walmart early Tuesday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in the store…
Follow Up
Newburgh focusing on housing needs
Times Herald-Record
The deaths of Jewelle Cummings, James Patterson and Robert Richardson at 55 Lander Street in March revived the issue of neglectful landlords. Those deaths happened in a building with a clogged furnace chimney and no carbon-monoxide detectors…
Door To Door Safety Program
Stay Fire Smart campaign launched in Newmarket and Aurora
YorkRegion.com
“The campaign is a free public service for all residents who require assistance with the maintenance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.”… raise awareness around home escape planning and to remind residents it is the law to have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in homes. Crews will travel door-to-door and hand out information packages, a free home inspection will be offered, and the importance of having a 72-hour emergency kit will be stressed…
Carbon Dioxide Leak (Not Carbon Monoxide)
Carbon dioxide leak from drink dispenser suspected as 3 employees evacuated from Irvine gas station
OCRegister
Two women and one man, all gas station employees, were inside the store when suddenly they started feeling dizzy, nauseous, had an increased heart rate and began having difficulty breathing,…
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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
Update
Penhold family escapes home filled with carbon monoxide
Red Deer Advocate
A family of three escaped a potential deadly carbon monoxide situation in Penhold on Sunday… Crews found initial readings of 33 parts per million (ppm) of carbon monoxide in the home and more than 40 ppm in other areas… Readings in excess of 25 ppm are considered a potentially dangerous situation and readings above 35 ppm are known to be toxic…
Cigarette smoke is deadlier than you ever thought!
Empire State Tribune
Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by burning a cigarette – 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen cyanides and ammonia are all present in cigarette smoke. Forty-three known carcinogens are in mainstream smoke…
Long-Lived Carbon Dioxide Warms World for Many Millennia
Truthdig
“As time goes by, the rate of burning in the power plant stays the same, but the CO2 accumulates, so by the end of the year, the greenhouse gases will be heating the Earth much more than direct emissions from the power plant.”..
This US state could win big from the EPA's clean power plan
Fortune
Twenty-five years ago, the electric utility industry said the sky was falling during Congressional debate over amendments to the Clean Air Act to reduce acid rain… If you were to believe the utility industry then you’d think regulations for reducing sulfur dioxide and other harmful emissions would have caused them to go bankrupt, lay off thousands of employees, and raise rates, forcing grandmothers to freeze in the dark while our electricity grid fell apart… After the environmental regulations of the 1990s, and despite the heartfelt protests from the power sector, electricity rates dropped, mass layoffs were avoided, and poor grannies didn’t have their electricity cut off. The power sector was able to reduce its emissions of acid-forming gases more quickly and more cheaply than anticipated, while reliability improved…
Johnson County Contractor Licensing Conference
CO EXperts
Johnson County Kansas - Continuing Education – – Video Link
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
DailyMotion
About Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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
- Animal cameras - variety of locations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Animal cameras - variety of locations
- 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
