At least two carbon monoxide stories appeared in the news yesterday, one in Mosinee, WI and the other in Atlanta, GA. This is two too many. It is becoming disheartening seeing all of the carbon monoxide poisoning that occurs and that could be prevented with simple actions. The stories may have different details, but they […]
Fire District Works to Raise Carbon Monoxide Detector Awareness in Plainfield, IL When a tragedy strikes, sometimes people will take action, as did the Plainfield Fire District raising carbon monoxide detector awareness after a poisoning. It has been four months since a woman and her daughter died in their Plainfield, IL home due to carbon […]
The Manitowoc, WI poisoning affected several people in the apartments and a restaurant in the building on Washington Street on October 31, 2016. The story was reported in the Herald Times Reporter. The first responders had a rescue squad set up on Washington Street, where sick, some unconscious people were being carried. This is almost […]
While no dangerous carbon monoxide (CO) levels have yet been identified in the Bourbonnais CO poisoning, several staff and students had elevated CO levels, according to a statement released by the Bourbonnais Elementary School District. The building was still evacuated as more students presented with headaches and nausea, according to the press release by the Bourbonnais […]
Fire Department Press Release on LeVasseur Elementary School Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From: Jen Warmoth Subject: 3/16/2017 – Press Release At 1:02 pm the Bourbonnais Fire Protection District responded to 601 W. Bethel (LeVasseur Elementary School) for an unknown odor in the building. We responded with an engine and ambulance. No readings of CO or readings of […]
A Michigan CO poisoning was not deadly, thanks to the family’s carbon monoxide alarm. A mother and her young child were saved by a carbon monoxide alarm at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning in Portland, Mich, according to the Ionia Sentinel-Standard. The two were transported to Sparrow Ionia Hospital. Upon arrival of emergency personnel, the mother […]
If you heard about one carbon monoxide poisoning close to home, it is enough to scare you. When you hear of two carbon monoxide poisonings, it is enough to take preventative actions. This is what happened after carbon monoxide poisoning in Alaska struck twice. On Monday, Feb. 20, one person died and seven were hospitalized […]
West Side Family Hospitalized in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Chicago The latest carbon monoxide poisoning in Chicago involves children. A tragedy is almost always made worse when there are children involved. This rule of thumb is no different with the carbon monoxide poisoning in Chicago Saturday. The colorless, odorless, tasteless gas can be a silent killer. […]
Two events in the last 24 hours in our world has helped to demonstrate the ongoing carbon monoxide crisis that happens every winter. The first is that one of our colleagues reached out to us for help convincing a local building commission to require hardwired carbon monoxide detectors in all new construction. The second is […]