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Ottawa – Ottawa residents are reminded during Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, November 1 to 7, to ensure that their homes meet safety standards required by Ontario law.
Any residential property with a fuel-fired appliance or attached garage must have a carbon monoxide alarm installed near each sleeping area. In multi-residential dwellings, CO alarms are required in service areas, units that are attached to service areas and units that have fuel-burning appliances.
Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odourless, colorless gas created when fuels (such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, and methane) burn incompletely. In the home, heating and cooking equipment that burn fuel are potential sources of carbon monoxide. Vehicles or generators running in an attached garage can also produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.
If the audible trouble signal sounds on your alarm:
Daylight savings time
Like smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms should be tested at least once a month and replaced according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The City recommends that when you change your clocks at Daylight Savings Time, Sunday, November 6, you should also change the batteries in all your household alarms and emergency kits.
Find out more on carbon monoxide safety at ottawa.ca.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Any residential property with a fuel-fired appliance or attached garage must have a carbon monoxide alarm installed near each sleeping area. In multi-residential dwellings, CO alarms are required in service areas, units that are attached to service areas and units that have fuel-burning appliances.
Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odourless, colorless gas created when fuels (such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, and methane) burn incompletely. In the home, heating and cooking equipment that burn fuel are potential sources of carbon monoxide. Vehicles or generators running in an attached garage can also produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.
If the audible trouble signal sounds on your alarm:
- Check for low batteries. If the battery is low, replace it.
- If it still sounds, or you suspect CO in your home, have everyone in the home exit to the outdoors and then call 9-1-1.
- Remain at the fresh air location until emergency personnel arrive to assist you.
Daylight savings time
Like smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms should be tested at least once a month and replaced according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The City recommends that when you change your clocks at Daylight Savings Time, Sunday, November 6, you should also change the batteries in all your household alarms and emergency kits.
Find out more on carbon monoxide safety at ottawa.ca.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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