Annually,聽over 20,000 people聽visit聽the聽ER聽due to聽carbon monoxide poisoning.聽This colorless, odorless聽gas is聽referred to as聽the silent killer because it’s聽practically聽undetectable without a聽carbon monoxide detector.
Carbon monoxide,聽according to聽the CDC, is聽produced聽by聽stoves, gas ranges, boilers, furnaces, and fireplaces聽so it only makes sense that carbon monoxide poisoning聽climbs聽during the聽colder聽months when people are trying to聽heat their homes. To help keep聽your home聽safe,聽黑料社区聽is here with聽a couple聽tips to safety聽warm your home.
- 滨苍蝉迟补濒濒听补听CO detector聽on聽all floors聽of your home and聽swap out聽the batteries聽annually.
- Keep all聽potential聽sources of combustion, such as聽paper, clothing, bedding, or rugs,聽at least聽three feet away from聽fireplaces, furnaces, stoves, or space heaters.
- Before聽lighting聽a fire in the fireplace,聽always聽check to聽confirm聽the chimney damper is open and聽unclogged.
- Never聽leave portable heaters or fireplaces聽unattended.聽Power off聽space heaters and聽ensure聽all embers in the fireplace are聽fully聽extinguished before聽leaving either heating source unattended.
- Space heaters should always be聽positioned聽on the floor, and on a hard,聽fire-resistant聽surface, like聽ceramic tile. Keep聽children聽and聽animals聽away from space heaters.
- When聽buying聽a new space heater,聽purchase聽a model that聽turns off聽automatically if the heater聽tips聽over.
- Don't聽use a聽cooking range聽to聽warm聽your home.
- Have聽fireplaces, chimneys, gas or oil furnaces, and coal and wood stoves聽professionally聽inspected聽and cleaned聽annually.
The聽ultimate聽thing you can do for your聽furnace聽is to聽be sure聽it’s not only聽all set to keep聽your home聽warm all winter but also safe, is to聽schedule聽your聽蹿补濒濒听迟耻苍别-耻辫. During your聽蹿补濒濒听迟耻苍别-耻辫,聽黑料社区聽will check to聽be sure聽your聽furnace聽is operating safely with a聽full聽multi-point inspection and cleaning. Call (866) 963-7996 today and聽find out聽how you can save on a聽蹿补濒濒听迟耻苍别-耻辫.
