Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
When the weather gets cold and people kick up their furnaces, along with cozy homes comes an increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
It happened in Cedar Rapids recently. “It was something like six months ago when Jaimen Pangborn’s roommate thought she smelled something funny in their home.”
“She said, ‘Do you guys smell that,'” Pangborn said, retelling the story. “We didn’t.”
Worried it could be a noxious gas, like carbon monoxide, also known as CO, the group of friends called authorities. Within a few short minutes, three fire trucks pulled up outside the Cedar Rapids home on C Ave NE.
“They said, ‘No, you don’t have any problems, but why don’t you have a carbon monoxide detector,'” Pangborn said. “I didn’t have an answer.”
Feeling guilty after the experience Pangborn bought a CO detector and placed it in her bathroom. This last Sunday, she heard it from her bedroom.
“I woke up at six to an alarm going off,” Pangborn said. “I couldn’t figure out what was happening for a minute. I realized it was the carbon monoxide detector.”
In a twist of fate, Pangborn’s furnace had developed a crack and was emitting a dangerous amount of CO. The detector that she’d only bought after chatting with fire officials a few months prior, potentially saved her life from the colorless, odorless gas filling her home while she slept.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Between 1999 and 2010, about 430 people annually died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Equipment like gas- or oil-fired furnaces and charcoal grills produce the colorless, odorless gas
When looking at the list of carbon monoxide detector laws in the United States, 30 states have enacted statutes regarding carbon monoxide detectors. Another 11 have promoted regulations on CO2 detectors as of January 2016. They are inexpensive; only about $30.
Do you need a carbon monoxide detector?
If you live or spend time in a single-family house, duplex, apartment, dormitory or group home that has a carbon-based fuel appliance, an attached garage or carport or is adjacent to a parking space, the law requires the installation of a carbon monoxide alarm(s) to warn you and your family if carbon monoxide is present.
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Once again, I am warning about CO2 and the need for buyers of real estate to check if there is a Carbon Monoxide Detector. They are inexpensive and will save your life if there is a leak in your heating system.
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