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Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week is a timely reminder for everyone to make sure that all their CO Alarms are providing adequate protection from this silent killer. Did you know that… pressing the ‘test’ button doesn’t necessarily mean that your CO alarm is working effectively? Irrespective of whether the alarm is within...
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Company fined £1.25m for carbon monoxide leaks
Willmott Partnership Homes has been fined after exposing members of the public to carbon monoxide fumes.Aylesbury Crown Court heard how, on 11 December 2014, at Hamilton House in Wolverton, a number of gas installations were found to be either ‘Immediately Dangerous’ or ‘At Risk’ following the report of a smell of gas by a householder...
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Four people were taken to hospital after carbon monoxide levels high enough to kill were detected on their Broads cruiser.
Emergency services were called just after 7pm on Saturday after all six passengers on the 21ft boat began to feel unwell simultaneously.The boat users initially thought that they might have suffered food poisoning after sharing soup on board.All six passengers on the boat began to feel unwell simultaneously and carbon monoxide levels were high enough...
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Gas test boss breaks through ‘ceiling’ after 18-year battle
The boss of a life saving company that tests carbon monoxide (CO) alarms says they have “broken through the ceiling” after an 18 year battle.John Stones at Gas Safe Europe has spent nearly two decades fighting to get others to recognise the importance of his product Detectagas, which tests the sensors on domestic CO alarms.He says he has...
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Boaters – is your CO Alarm working?
NB Areandare give the verdict on how to stay safe during your favourite leisure activity: Be CO Safe on the Waterways this Summer
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Detectagas® shortlisted at Construction News Awards 2018!
Detectagas® has been shortlisted in the Best Innovation category at this year’s prestigious Construction News Awards! Winners are to be announced on Thursday 12th July.See the shortlist here!More news on this nomination to be announced soon.
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