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Cause For Alarm
The more we hear from the carbon monoxide (CO) alarm manufacturing industry the more there is a real cause for alarm in this country.In October last year, one of the biggest CO alarm manufacturers was required to recall some of their products from the market as they were found to be faulty. This product had been sold widely in leading supermarkets...
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Is It Time To Test The Testers?
It’s been nearly four months since the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide legislation came in to force, requiring that all private sector landlords regularly test smoke and CO alarms in all rented properties.As part of the new legislation, landlords are advised to check their appliances are in proper working order and to test their CO alarms in order...
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Stay safe this winter – looking for the signs of CO poisoning
In this news article we explain CO poisoning and looking for the signs of CO poisoning.Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous gas, with no smell or taste, that is both invisible and deadly. Breathing it in can make you unwell and it is estimated that around 4,000 people a year attend A&E departments in England alone because of carbon monoxide poisoning...
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Testing the system, smoke and CO alarms testing
As new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Regulations 2015 come into effect, private landlords are now legally required to have working and regularly perform smoke and CO alarms testing in all rented properties.On the face of it the task seems simple enough, with landlords or Environmental Health officers required to simply “pressing the test button&rdquo...
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How To Test A Carbon Monoxide Detector
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series It’s All Change On 1st October 2015It’s All Change On 1st October 2015Introduction To Changes For Landlords In England From 1 October 2015How To Understand Retaliatory EvictionsGetting Rid Of ‘Last Day Of Period’ From Section 21Time Limits For Serving And Using A Section 21New Prescribed...
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CO Alarm “Didn’t go off” Second ambulance called after first crew are overcome
Second ambulance called to help couple with gas poisoning after first crew are overcomeDevon couple Andy and Angela Foster had to crawl from their home and call 999 after a gas leakA couple who began to lose consciousness after a gas leak in their home called 999 only to have ambulance officers also become ill.Devon couple Andy and Angela Foster woke...
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