Carbon Monoxide Detectors Save Lives
Carbon monoxide detectors are important. In fact, carbon monoxide detectors save lives. To show how important they are, Ontario has created Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. The very first Ontario Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week takes place between November 1st and November 8th. Carbon monoxide is an invisible, colourless, tasteless and odourless gas that can cause serious health issues and even death. Due to the potential danger that this gas can cause, the Ontario Legislature passed a bill in 2013 that declared the week beginning on November 1st in each year as Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.
This bill, Bill 77, also expands the scope of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act of 1997, reinforcing the importance of carbon monoxide detectors.
The bill updates the Ontario Fire Code to make the use of carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in houses, condos, apartments, hotels and university residences that have a fuel-burning device such as a fireplace, gas stove, water heater or furnace as well as in homes that are attached to a garage.
Carbon monoxide detectors are required near all sleeping areas in residential homes and adjacent sleeping areas in multi-residential units. This is because it’s proven that carbon monoxide detectors save lives.
How Monitored Carbon Monoxide Detectors Save Lives
SafeTech Alarm Systems recommends monitored carbon monoxide detection systems. We recognize the importance of these systems and know that carbon monoxide detectors save lives. Unlike traditional carbon monoxide detectors, a monitored system sends an alert to a central monitoring station when carbon monoxide is detected in the home. The central station can then take action to alert the residents of the home, potentially saving their lives. Residents can opt to receive alerts by phone, text or email. Alerts received while away from home can prevent dangerous exposure to the gas upon one’s return. This is another reason carbon monoxide detectors are so important.Plus, if the Central Monitoring Station is instructed to do so beforehand, staff can even contact emergency professionals such as paramedics or the fire department directly and arrange for an emergency dispatch.
While standard carbon monoxide detectors save lives as well, a person needs to be able to hear the alarm in order to take action. Unfortunately, this is not helpful for people who are asleep or those who have been rendered drowsy or unconscious by carbon monoxide.
Carbon Monoxide Special: SafeTech will install carbon monoxide detectors in your home at 50% off our regular price until November 20 2014. *With purchase of standard 36 month monitoring agreement from $25.95 per month. Speak with a SafeTech Loss Prevention Expert for more details.