Hotel HVAC Maintenance Neglect is Systemic Neglect in hotel HVAC maintenance happens because of inadequate training, lack of maintenance standards and thinly capitalized ownership. Over the past couple of months, we have blogged about two main topics, carbon monoxide poisoning in boating and carbon monoxide poisoning in hotels. This week we want to revisit the […]
How to Avoid the Dangers of Carbon Monoxide in Boating Last week we touched on the subject of the dangers of carbon monoxide in boating. Click here for that blog. Though we covered the dangers faced by the public and addressed issues the public needed to be aware of, can we realistically say that public […]
Boating carbon monoxide poisoning Boating carbon monoxide poisoning is a big problem because high performance engine exhaust is not vented away from where people breathe. This week we will focus on a topic which has achieved the status of a fast-rising epidemic in regard to carbon monoxide; boating carbon monoxide poisoning. For many years the […]
Wildfires and Global Health – Toxic Exhaust In thinking about the Wildfires and global health, I thought back instead of forward. My co-author, Attorney Gordon Johnson[1], and I were teenagers back in the late 1960s and early 70s when air pollution was the concern of scientists, environmentalists and a generation becoming aware of the hazards […]
Demand Carbon Monoxide Alarms at Hotel Chains Why is there no guarantee of carbon monoxide alarms at Hotel Chains? In most states, every landlord must supply a carbon monoxide alarm. Most states require them in all new residential construction. For a list of state requirements of alarms, click here. Yet, hotels are every bit as […]
Boone Best Western Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Story Last week we spoke of the “perfect storm” of Boone Best Western carbon monoxide tragedy which led up to the deaths of the Jenkins couple in room 225 on April 16, 2013. A story which included unlicensed workmen installing a pool heating system, a system modified in direct contradiction […]
Hotel Pool Heaters Cause Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Why are hotel pool heaters so dangerous for carbon monoxide poisoning? The answer is probably is as simple as they have the same danger of incomplete combustion as any other fuel burning appliance, but they get forgotten in the routine maintenance process. Hotel pool heaters use natural gas […]
How Does Carbon Monoxide Poisoning happen in a hotel? At some point you have probably seen a headline about a hotel stay gone terribly wrong due to carbon monoxide poisoning, never thinking that you or a loved might fall victim to this seemingly rare event. You check in to a hotel, you never even consider […]
Furnace Leaking Carbon Monoxide? How do you know if your furnace is leaking carbon monoxide? Make sure you have an operating carbon monoxide alarm. The more sensitive the detector, the better. Carbon monoxide is odorless so it is very difficult to know if your furnace is leaking carbon monoxide, which is why carbon monoxide alarms […]
What is the first sign of carbon monoxide poisoning? The first sign of carbon monoxide poisoning can vary from something resembling the flu, to headache to dizziness or lightheadedness. Shortness of breath is another sign of carbon monoxide poisoning. The human body is an extremely sensitive carbon monoxide detector, but the symptoms are often confused […]