{"id":277,"date":"2012-01-31T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mema\/?p=277"},"modified":"2012-01-31T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T12:09:08","slug":"avoid-carbon-monoxide-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2012\/01\/31\/avoid-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PIKESVILLE, MD (January 31, 2012)\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212; Fire Marshal William E. Barnard wants to encourage\u00a0Marylanders to be mindful of the dangers of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless,\u00a0tasteless, and potentially toxic gas that is produced by the incomplete combustion of liquid fuels, solid\u00a0fuels, or natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowners should consider purchasing a carbon monoxide alarm if they live in a house that has\u00a0liquid-fueled space heaters, an attached garage, gas appliances, oil heat, or a wood stove or fireplace. The\u00a0best place to locate your alarm is in the hallway just outside the sleeping areas of your home.<br \/>\nYou can help decrease your chance of being poisoned by carbon monoxide by doing the following:<br \/>\n\u2022 Never let your car idle in the garage.<br \/>\n\u2022 Never use a gas range, oven, or clothes dryer for heating.<br \/>\n\u2022 Scheduling preventive maintenance inspections for your fuel fired appliances.<br \/>\n\u2022 Make sure chimneys and flues are inspected and cleaned each year and remain in good<br \/>\ncondition.<br \/>\n\u2022 Never run a generator inside or near an entrance (door, window, vent, etc.) to your home.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause symptoms similar to the flu, such as: headache, nausea, fatigue,\u00a0dizziness, and irritability. High concentrations of CO can cause vomiting, loss of consciousness, and even\u00a0death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone needs to assume responsibility and take the initiative to protect themselves and their\u00a0families from the potentially lethal affects caused by carbon monoxide poisoning,\u201d stated the State Fire\u00a0Marshal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIKESVILLE, MD (January 31, 2012)\u00a0&#8212; Fire Marshal William E. Barnard wants to encourage\u00a0Marylanders to be mindful of the dangers of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless,\u00a0tasteless, and potentially toxic gas that is produced by the incomplete combustion of liquid fuels, solid\u00a0fuels, or natural gas. Homeowners should consider purchasing a carbon monoxide alarm if<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2012\/01\/31\/avoid-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,235],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-co","tag-safety"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}