Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Alarms in San Antonio

Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Alarms in San Antonio

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Installing, testing and maintaining smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms will help protect people and property from the dangers of fire. Alarms are designed to alert building occupants that there is the presence of danger this allows time for evacuation and to contact emergency services if necessary. 

San Antonio Fire Department | SAFD News Releases

The San Antonio Fire Department released this announcement regarding the installation and use of carbon monoxide detectors/alarms as seen below:

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WHAT:
Fire Department Encourage Citizens to Purchase Carbon Monoxide Detectors

MORE: Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels (such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, and methane) burn incompletely. In the home, eating and cooking equipment that burn fuel are potential sources of carbon monoxide.

Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Symptoms of CO poisoning Severe headache, dizziness, mental confusion, nausea, or faintness. Many of these symptoms are similar to the flu, food poisoning or other illnesses.

Safety Tips

• Install carbon monoxide alarms (listed by an independent testing laboratory) inside your home to provide early warning of accumulating carbon dioxide.
• Carbon monoxide alarms should be installed in a central location outside each separate sleeping area.
• Test carbon monoxide alarms at least once a month, and replace carbon monoxide alarms according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• If you need to warm a vehicle, remove it from the garage immediately after starting it. Do not run a vehicle, generator, or other fueled engine or motor indoors, even if garage doors are open.
• Have fuel-burning household heating equipment (fireplaces, furnaces, water heaters, wood and coal stoves, space or portable heaters) and chimneys inspected by a professional every year.
• When using a fireplace, open the flue completely for adequate ventilation.
• Open a window slightly whenever using a kerosene or gas heater. (Kerosene heaters are illegal in many states. Always check with local authorities before buying or using one.) Only refuel outside, after the device has cooled.
• Never use your oven to heat your home.
• Carbon monoxide alarms are not substitutes for smoke alarms. Smoke alarms should be installed on every level of the home and in or outside all sleeping areas.
• Know the difference between the sound of the smoke alarms and the sound of the carbon monoxide alarms.

Additionally:
If your carbon monoxide alarm sounds

• If it is a battery-powered intermittent alarm, check the battery. 
• If it is a steady alarm call the fire department and leave. 
• Do not reenter until the fire department says it is ok. 
• Call a qualified technician to inspect all equipment. 

CONTACT: District Chief Randy Jenkins/207-8492

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