Plympton, MA – “When the carbon monoxide detectors went off in Jackson Randall’s house last month, the 7-year-old knew exactly what to do.
“I went to my meeting place and I got out of the house,” Jackson said.
Jackson learned about fire safety plans at Dennett Elementary, then had his family implement their own escape plan.”
“Building owners should be especially concerned about brick chimneys…Inspect the chimneys for loose bricks. If the chimney provides ventilation for a fireplace or appliances such as furnaces or water heaters, make sure it still vents…also encourage building owners to ensure they have a working carbon monoxide detector.”
“Here we are taking a lead on putting CO detectors in our schools when we don’t have to and showing that we take the safety of our kids seriously.”
Kate Bond Middle School, Cordova, TN –
Atlanta, GA – 16 children and three adults rushed to hospital for treatment…high levels of CO found at G.A.T.E.S. Children and Adolescents Academy
We are excited to be kicking off our annual CO awareness effort in local elementary schools as part of Fire Prevention Week! This year will include hands-on activities focused on the lifesaving value of CO alarms at both Mint Valley Elementary and Robert Gray Elementary…followed by a free CO alarm distribution event at the Longview Fire Department Open House on Saturday, October 12, 2019. A big thank you to the principals and teachers at these schools for their participation…and to our local business sponsors (who will be recognized here on our website as well as our Facebook page) who make this project possible.
More on the effort to get CO detection required in Massachusetts schools. According to this article, “Only Connecticut, California, Maryland, South Carolina, and Utah require CO detection in their schools.” Carbon monoxide is a universal danger and children are at increased risk of its toxic effects, yet efforts to require CO detection in schools are happening only at the state level.
https://www.wwlp.com/news/i-team/i-team-does-your-childs-school-have-carbon-monoxide-detectors/?fbclid=IwAR31QY9muwYcNRjRzltZ_oMFejEAMV9HzOwv7WTc-aIivRlNudXu7EQuvAQ
Lees-McRae College – Banner Elk, NC
School closed as students test positive for carbon monoxide at Crestview Elementary School in Waldport, Oregon…https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2019/04/classes-canceled-at-oregon-coast-school-after-students-test-positive-for-carbon-monoxide.html
Pershing Elementary School in Lincoln, NE, evacuated for CO leak… Read here. (Lincoln Journal Star)
Rainbow Elementary School in Madison, AL, evacuated for high CO levels related to broken boiler…https://whnt.com/2019/03/07/rainbow-elementary-closed-after-boiler-malfunction/
NO CO alarms at a Hendersonville, TN, preschool where children were poisoned…https://fox17.com/news/local/at-least-28-treated-for-carbon-monoxide-exposure-at-hendersonville-preschool
Evacuation of Owings Mills, MD, school…https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/02/25/owings-mills-carbon-monoxide-leak-evacaution/
CO leak at a KinderCare in Tinley Park, IL…https://wgntv.com/2019/02/21/high-levels-of-carbon-monoxide-make-students-teachers-sick-at-suburban-kindercare/
Fleetwood Area Middle School in Fleetwood, PA, CO leak poisoned 2 adults and 6 children…http://www.wfmz.com/news/berks/fleetwood-area-middle-school-closed-friday-after-carbon-monoxide-sickens-several/1005712549
A CO leak forced the evacuation of students and staff at Sugarloaf Elementary School in the Florida Keys…https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article225335180.html
CO alarms alert to danger and prompt the safe evacuation of more than 70 children from KinderCare in Cedarburg, WI…https://www.wisn.com/article/day-care-center-evacuated-because-of-carbon-monoxide/26030691
Students and staff at elementary school in Elizabeth, NJ, are safe thanks to early alert of CO leak by alarm…https://www.tapinto.net/towns/elizabeth/articles/update-elizabeth-fire-department-called-to-elementary-school-for-elevated-carbon-monoxide-levels
Partial evacuation at Union-Endicott High School in Endicott, NY…no injuries thanks to early alert by CO alarm…https://wbng.com/news/local-news/2019/01/16/carbon-monoxide-alarm-forces-partial-evacuation-at-u-e-high-school/
Students and staff at Ashley Elementary School in Salt Lake City, UT, were alerted to evacuate when a CO alarm went off…https://www.ksl.com/article/46465453/vernal-elementary-school-evacuated-due-to-carbon-monoxide-alarm
KUDOS to Midstreams Elementary School in New Jersey for protecting their students and staff with carbon monoxide detection – school was evacuated and there were no injuries…http://brick.shorebeat.com/2018/12/recently-installed-carbon-monoxide-detectors-caught-leak-in-midstreams-elementary-school/
CO leak at Clyde Boyd Middle School in Tulsa, Oklahoma…several students hospitalized…leak discovered after multiple students went home ill…district says it will install CO alarms at all school buildings in district and supply handheld monitors at each site…http://www.newson6.com/story/39546855/middle-school-students-treated-after-sand-springs-carbon-monoxide-leak
High levels of CO found in Lonsdale Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee…no CO alarms onsite…https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2018/11/12/high-carbon-monoxide-levels-temporarily-close-lonsdale-elementary/1975344002/
“March 17, 2014, started off just like any other day: I dropped off my five-year-old son Ryan at the Douglas Municipal Center, adjacent to the Douglas Elementary School. He hurried inside the municipal center, where kindergarten is held, along with 76 other kindergartners and their teachers. The weather was cold, so the building’s heating system was on. No one realized that somewhere inside the building a furnace was leaking a deadly gas and everybody inside was in danger.”
https://www.telegram.com/opinion/20161004/as-i-see-it-why-schools-need-carbon-monoxide-detectors
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