Our agency (A Buyer's Best Choice Realty) has been giving Carbon Monoxide Alarms to clients for over 10 years. It has saved 2 families already!!! Definitely a valid concern for new clients and current home owners!! See local release, below:
Carbon Monoxide — The Silent Killer
The winter months are here. As the mercury begins to dip, some families, struggling to pay their heating bills, will turn on the kitchen stove burners and the oven in an effort to take the chill off their home. What these families don’t realize is how dangerous this practice can be. A gas oven or range top should never be used for heating. A fire could start and poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) fumes could fill the home. Any fuel-burning heating equipment (fireplaces, furnaces, water heaters, space or portable heaters), generators and chimneys can produce carbon monoxide.
Often called a silent killer, CO is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels, such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil and methane, burn incompletely.
CO enters the body through breathing. CO poisoning can be confused with flu symptoms, food poisoning and other illnesses. Some symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, light headedness or headaches.
Everyone is at risk for CO poisoning, but infants, pregnant women and people with physical conditions that limit their ability to use oxygen, such as emphysema, asthma or heart disease, can be more severely affected by low concentrations of CO than healthy adults. High levels of CO can be fatal for anyone, causing death within minutes.
The goal of the Johnson City Fire Department is to reduce the number of carbon monoxide incidents in Johnson City and discourage anyone from using the range or oven to heat their home. Install CO alarms inside your home to provide early warning of accumulating CO. Chief Paul Greene recommends that your heating equipment be inspected by a professional every year before cold weather sets in.
• CO alarms are not substitutes for smoke alarms. Know the difference between the sound of smoke alarms and CO alarms.
• Test CO alarms at least once a month.
• If your CO alarm sounds, immediately move to a fresh air location and call for help. Remain at the fresh air location until emergency personnel say it is okay.
• If the audible trouble signal sounds, check for low batteries or other trouble indicators.
The Johnson City Fire Department wants everyone to be warm and safe this winter. Make sure your home has carbon monoxide alarms.
01/27/09
For Immediate Release: January 21, 2009
From: The Office of Fire Chief Paul Greene
Contact: Assistant Fire Marshal Sam McLain (434-6182)
Posted here, courtesy of: ABuyer's Best Choice Realty
Thursday, February 05, 2009
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