{"id":25378,"date":"2019-11-04T08:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T13:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=25378"},"modified":"2019-11-04T04:47:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T09:47:39","slug":"this-is-carbon-monoxide-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/04\/this-is-carbon-monoxide-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25379\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-4.44.30-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25379\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25379\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-4.44.30-AM-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-4.44.30-AM-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-4.44.30-AM-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-4.44.30-AM-600x423.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click for larger image<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ontario&#8217;s Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management is encouraging families to install and test their carbon monoxide (CO) alarms as part of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Ontario, you must have a working CO alarm adjacent to each sleeping area of the home if you have a fuel-burning appliance, a fireplace or an attached garage. It&#8217;s the law,&#8221; said Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General. &#8220;Make sure your family is protected. CO alarms save lives, but only if they&#8217;re in good working order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protect yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor your health and the health of your family. Exposure to CO can cause flu-like symptoms such as headaches, nausea, dizziness, as well as confusion, drowsiness, loss of consciousness and death.<\/li>\n<li>If your CO alarm sounds, and you or other occupants are suffering from symptoms of CO poisoning, get everyone out of the home immediately and call 9-1-1.<\/li>\n<li>Read the manufacturers instructions for your CO alarms to know the difference between the sound of an alarm and the sound of a low battery or end of life warning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Every year, many Ontarians require medical attention due to carbon monoxide poisoning,&#8221; said Jon Pegg, Ontario Fire Marshal and Chief, Emergency Management. &#8220;The only way to detect CO in your home is with a CO alarm. Test your alarms monthly to ensure they are working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week runs from November 1 to 7. Communities and fire services across the province will be hosting events to help raise awareness and keep people safe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Ontario, more than 65 per cent of injuries and deaths from CO occur in the home.<\/li>\n<li>The CO alarm sounds different than a smoke alarm. Test both alarms monthly and make sure everyone in the home knows the difference between the two alarm sounds.<\/li>\n<li>All fuel-burning appliances and vents in the home should be inspected annually by a registered contractor.<\/li>\n<li>In a condo or apartment building with a service room, CO alarms must be installed in the service room and in each suite or sleeping room adjacent to the service room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario&#8217;s Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management is encouraging families to install and test their carbon monoxide (CO) alarms as part of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week 2019. &#8220;In Ontario, you must have a working CO alarm adjacent to each sleeping area of the home if you have a fuel-burning appliance, a fireplace or &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2184],"class_list":["post-25378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-2019-carbon-monoxide-week"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 14:10:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25380,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25378\/revisions\/25380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}