"ProTip" - Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- In our first "ProTip" episode, the Fire Bureau's Colin Cumesty looks at some of the advantages of having both Carbon Monoxide and Smoke detection in the same device.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas that can cause sudden illness and death if present in sufficient concentration in the ambient air. When power outages occur during emergencies such as hurricanes or winter storms, the use of alternative sources of fuel or electricity for heating, cooling, or cooking can cause CO to build up in a home, garage, or camper and poison the people and animals inside. Generators, grills, camp stoves, or other gasoline, propane, natural gas, wood or charcoal-burning devices should never be used inside a home, basement, garage, or camper - or even outside near an open window or window air conditioner.
How to Recognize CO Poisoning: The symptoms and signs of carbon monoxide poisoning are variable and nonspecific. The most common symptoms of CO poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, and altered mental status.
Symptoms of severe CO poisoning include malaise, shortness of breath, headache, nausea, chest pain, irritability, ataxia, altered mental status, other neurologic symptoms, loss of consciousness, coma, and death.
Remember, if you CO detector activates, follow your home escape plan and have everyone meet at your safe meeting place and call 911 and your gas utility provider for help.
Consumer Reports and most fire marshals recommend having a separate smoke and CO detector, most states require the CO detector should be placed in your hallway near bedrooms.
Yep I second this because smoke and gas have different density gas is a lot heavier than actual smoke therefore it will travel along the ground as to smoke which is a lot lighter and will travel near the ceiling
CO2 is heavier than O2 and N2, but CO has almost the same molecular weight as O2 and N2, and mixes well. Smoke is much heavier than CO and CO2 since it is made of heavy molecules, including soot which can be seen under a microscope!
What is the reason for this? What if the combo unit is placed in the hallway near bedrooms, which would detect both smoke and CO2?
“You may have a wood burning fireplace” show gas fireplace. “You may cook with gas” shows an electric stove lol.
Lol, nice catch! ;)
I would have expected a section explaining where to mount these combination devices. CO falls and smoke rises. So where should this be mounted to best ensure detection of either? Disappointed that a video from a fire department didn't address this.
Carbon monoxide sinks, how does it help when you are trying to test it high in air?
I shouldnt need CO if i have electric heating and stove, right?
Where is the device available?
Best is combination as against separate smoke and carbon monoxide devices? Hmmmm, not sure about that….
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More than 90% of people have an ionization based smoke alarm which is not effective for a very common smouldering fire. It's way way way too slow, and you'll be dead before they alarm. You need a photoelectric based smoke alarm which is about $5 more.
This guy died in a house fire, his own home.🔥🚒🧯