WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric announced today 22 awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The state and local governments were selected by CPSC, from a group of 31 applicants. CPSC will provide more than $3 million in federal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning PreventionGrant Program (COPPGP) funds that will be matched by $1 million in recipient funds. This will fund state and local government efforts to reduce deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning PreventionGrant Program Awards
Awardee
State
Award Amount
Alaska Department of Public Safety
Alaska
$100,000.00
City of Huntington Beach
California
$53,400.00
City & County of Denver
Colorado
$82,500.00
Government of District of Columbia
District of Columbia
$130,000.00
State of Georgia Department of Public Health
Georgia
$178,577.93
City of Aurora
Illinois
$51,000.00
Louisiana State Fire Marshal
Louisiana
$37,500.00
Maryland Department of State Police
Maryland
$200,000.00
City of Boston
Massachusetts
$260,031.75
City of Pontiac
Michigan
$300,000.00
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Minnesota
$200,000.00
New Hampshire Department of Safety
New Hampshire
$90,772.50
City of Jamestown
New York
$176,297.23
City of Syracuse
New York
$50,000.00
County of Rockland
New York
$100,000.00
Gates Fire District
New York
$50,000.00
City of Akron
Ohio
$76,460.00
City of Portland
Oregon
$320,000.00
City of Sevierville
Tennessee
$41,250.00
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
Tennessee
$300,000.00
Vermont Department of Public Safety
Vermont
$50,772.01
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue
Washington
$187,500.00
CPSC’s grant program is authorized through the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 to provide eligible state, local, and tribal governments with grants to purchase and install CO alarms in residential homes and dwelling units of low-income families or elderly people and facilities that serve children or the elderly, including childcare centers, public schools and senior centers, and to develop training and public education programs with the goal of preventing CO poisoning. This legislation was sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) in the Senate, and Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) and Rep. Annie Kuster (D-New Hampshire) in the House. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on March 15, 2022.
“Following the deaths of two boys from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home, Congress enacted this grant program to prevent future tragedies. I am pleased that we are moving forward with these 22 grants to states and localities that will enable them to educate their residents and prevent CO poisoning in their communities,” said CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric.
Grantees will have two years to use the funding to purchase and install CO alarms and complete training and education efforts.
The burning of fuels produces CO, which is a colorless, odorless gas. Exposure to unhealthy levels of CO can lead to CO poisoning, a serious health condition that could result in death. Unintentional CO poisoning from motor vehicles and fuel-burning appliances, such as furnaces, water heaters, portable generators, and stoves, annually kill more than 400 individuals. CO alarms save lives and should be installed on every level and outside sleeping areas in residences.
CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 100 people in Park Ridge were forced out of their apartments due to a carbon monoxide leak in the garage.
The Park Ridge Fire Department responded to the building near Touhy and Washington avenues after some tenants reported feeling sick.
“We were watching a movie, getting ready for bed with our boys here and the alarm went off. It was pretty dang loud in our bedroom, so we were freaking out at first,” resident Mikey Achramowicz said. “I went to the hallway. Alarms were going off. People were coming out their doors.”
Fire crews found high levels of the toxic gas in the garage after tenants said it was pressure washed.
Some people were checked out by paramedics, but no one was taken to the hospital.
CLARENDON HILLS, IL – A woman who said she was at the Hinsdale Golf Club a couple of weeks ago spoke Monday about what she saw during the reported carbon monoxide incident.
During a Clarendon Hills Village Board meeting, resident Ann Scott was speaking out against a proposed mandatory retirement age for firefighters, which passed later that night.
She then referred to the work of firefighters from Clarendon Hills and other fire departments who responded to the incident, which occurred about 10:30 p.m. Dec. 9.
During dinner, Scott said, “a woman’s head fell on the table.”
She was then taken to the floor.
“There were two other dinner parties going on at the same time. There was a doctor in the house,” Scott said. “There were two other people on the floor.”
Scott said she was so grateful for the firefighters, who conducted a carbon monoxide test.
“They got her immediately taken care of,” Scott said. “The carbon monoxide was so high that we had to get out of there quicker than a wink.”
She said she wanted to maintain that level of fire service in Clarendon Hills and surrounding towns.
In response to a Patch inquiry last week, acting Fire Chief Dave Godek said in an email that 10 people were sickened at the golf club, two of whom were taken to the hospital.
He said the club had a malfunctioning furnace, which appeared to be the source of the carbon monoxide.
The majority of the people felt better when they were moved to fresh air and declined to be taken to the hospital, Godek said.
The club, he said, had no carbon monoxide detectors. It now has temporary units installed while it figures out what type of system it should get to meet its needs, he said.
Messages for comment with the golf club, which is in Clarendon Hills, have not been returned. Its general manager, Mark Jablonski, is away from the club until later this week, a woman answering the phone said Tuesday.
“…the initial call indicated an unresponsive toddler. A fire official said the child required advanced life support care in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.”
“One person was taken to the hospital after exhaust from a Zamboni machine lead to elevated carbon monoxide levels at the Crystal Lake Ice House on Saturday, fire officials said. Authorities initially responded to the ice rink, at 320 E. Prairie Street, for an EMS call at about 1:40 p.m. While at the scene, fire officials determined there were elevated carbon monoxide levels in the building, which houses three ice rinks, according to a news release from the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department. At the time, the ice rinks were being used for a hockey tournament…”
Orland Fire Protection District paramedics assisted two dozen patrons suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning while dining at a Red Robin restaurant in Orland Park Friday night.
According to a statement released by the district early Saturday, emergency crews responded to the location at 15502 S. LaGrange Road after customers complained of headaches and feeling sick.
Four people were transported to Silver Cross Hospital in Mokena, according to officials, where their condition was unknown as of Saturday morning. Twenty others were evaluated by paramedics.
The restaurant was evacuated by customers and employees as firefighters found “high levels of carbon monoxide” and traced it back to HVAC units, according to the statement.
“Officials of (Nicor Gas) and the Village of Orland Park Building Department were called in and the restaurant was shut down for the evening,” the statement added. “Officials said the restaurant will remain closed pending completion of repairs.”
Girard, IL – “At least 150 people were treated at hospitals for the incident, which occurred the morning of Sept. 15, 2014. After a handful of students came forward with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning around 9 a.m., school officials made the call to evacuate. The lawsuits, which names the school district, as well as several contractors and architects, says the leak originated at two natural gas boilers, which the school utilized to generate its hot water. An employee with Springfield-based HVAC company Burgess & Son was performing maintenance work on the boilers the morning of leak, and according to the lawsuit, failed to repair a “break or separation of a vent pipe connection in the vent system for the aforesaid hot water heaters.”
“A gas leak at the Noodles and Company in Springfield sent four people to the hospital. The fire marshal said there were shockingly high levels of carbon monoxide in the air. The coincidental part officials say they weren’t even called to the restaurant to check on the silent killer carbon monoxide leak…it’s coincidentally lucky there was a natural gas leak so that the smell could notify employees to call for personnel for an odor investigation…As soon as employees smelled the gas, they evacuated the building and let their neighbors, at Chipotle, know to do the same…(CO levels) measured over 200 parts per million…”
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:59:41 GMT — Kelly’s Restaurant in Quincy is open for business Wednesday after being evacuated twice Tuesday for two separate carbon monoxide leaks.
Just before noon Wednesday, restaurant owner Jeff McClean said that two people were still in the hospital being treated.
He said everything is back to normal at the restaurant, however, and he praises the Quincy Fire Department and EMTs for doing a fantastic job.
You may remember the first emergency call came in shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday when several people inside reported feeling ill.
Quincy Fire Department Assistant Chief James Pioch said around 20 people were inside at the time, and six employees were taken to Blessing Hospital for treatment.
The leak came from one of the kitchen’s stoves, McClean said, and the restaurant re-opened around 5 p.m.
“We got as high as 700 parts per million (of carbon monoxide), your detector at home will probably sound anywhere between 10 and 35 parts per million, of carbon monoxide, and like I said we were gettin 700 parts,” Pioch said.
According to Pioch, an engine responded the second time to a carbon monoxide detector going off around 7:30 p.m.
Pioch said elevated levels of carbon monoxide from the restaurant’s east-side furnace forced a second evacuation of the building.
Fire crews ventilated the building after some workers complained of headaches, prompting another ambulance response.
Pioch said he did not know if the second ambulance transported anyone to the hospital.
The most common symptoms of CO poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pain and confusion, according to the CDC .
Quincy, IL – Six employees of a Quincy tavern have been taken to a hospital after a carbon monoxide leak.
Assistant Quincy Fire Chief James Pioch tells WGEM-AM that high levels of carbon monoxide were found in the kitchen area of Kelly’s Tavern on Tuesday afternoon.
Pioch says carbon monoxide levels came in at 700 to 800 parts per million. He says anything over 35 ppm is considered dangerous.
Tavern owner Rod McLean says employees started feeling sick during the lunch crowd and called authorities. McLean says no customers were affected.
Fire investigators believe the leak came from an appliance in the kitchen, but they’re not sure which one.
“At about 8:45 a.m., North Mac Intermediate and Middle Schools were evacuated, after approximately 150 students and faculty were exhibiting symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning — nearly 60 people have been transported to local hospitals.”
“…complaints allege that when a 2003 building addition to the school was designed and constructed, the venting system for the hot water heaters in the mechanical room was defective, causing a modification to be made to the vents that extended the vent pipe high above the roof and required guy wires. According to documents produced by the school district under the Freedom of Information Act, one of those guy wires to the vent pipe was found after the accident to be broken, according to a press release from the Nolan Law Group.
A district employee and the plumbing/heating contractor had noticed a break in the vent pipe inside the building the week prior to Sept. 15, 2014, and performed a temporary repair that did not hold…”
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