Determine If Anyone In The Household Is At High Risk For Co Poisoning - Kidde Nighthawk 900-0081 User Manual

900-0081 Benelux Manual
Part Two – Carbon Monoxide -
The Silent Killer
What You Should Not Do...
•Never burn charcoal inside a home, garage, cabin, mobile or static
caravan.
•Never install, service, or convert fuel-burning appliances from
one type to another without proper knowledge, skills, and tools.
•Never use a gas cooker, oven, or clothes dryer for heating.
•Never operate unvented gas-burning appliances, such as paraffin
or natural gas portable heaters, in a closed room.
•Never operate petrol-powered engines (like vehicles,
motorcycles, lawn mowers, yard equipment or power tools) in
confined areas such as garages or cellars, even if an outside
door or window is open.
•Never ignore a safety device when it shuts off an appliance.
•Never ignore a CO alarm.
Be Aware of the Warning Signs of Carbon Monoxide:
Clues You Can See...
•Streaks of carbon or soot around the service door of your
fuel-burning appliances.
•A yellow or orange flame may indicate a problem with natural gas
appliances.
•Excessive rusting on flue pipes or appliance jackets.
•Loose or missing boiler panel.
•Moisture collecting on the windows and walls of boiler rooms.
•Loose or disconnected vent/chimney, fireplace or appliance.
•Small amounts of water leaking from the base of the chimney,
vent or flue pipe.
•Rust on the portion of the vent pipe visible from outside
your home.
•The absence of a draft in your chimney (indicating blockage).
•Fallen soot from the fireplace chimney.
•Loose, damaged or discoloured bricks on your chimney.
Clues You Cannot See...
•Internal appliance damage or malfunctioning components.
•Improper burner adjustment.
•Hidden blockage or damage in chimneys.
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Part Three – What You Should Know
Before the Alarms Sounds
Determine if anyone in the household is at high risk
for CO poisoning:
Many cases of reported carbon monoxide poisoning indicate that while
victims are aware they are not well, they become so disoriented they are
unable to save themselves by either exiting the building or calling for
assistance.
You should take extra precautions to protect high risk persons from
CO exposure because they may experience ill effects from carbon
monoxide at levels that would not ordinarily affect a healthy adult.
Are there any infants or small children in the home? Be sure to check
them for signs of possible CO poisoning because they might have trouble
explaining their symptoms. Infants and children are more susceptible to
CO poisoning than a healthy adult.
Anyone who spends long periods of time at home is considered at
higher risk.
Pregnant women should be aware that their unborn fetus could be
harmed by exposure to carbon monoxide, even when the mother suffers
no ill effect herself. Any pregnant woman who suspects she may have
been exposed to carbon monoxide should immediately contact her
doctor.
Is there anyone in the household who is elderly, or who has anaemia,
heart disease or respiratory problems, emphysema or chronic bronchitis?
These individuals are at higher risk for CO poisoning and for health
problems from exposure to low levels of carbon monoxide.
If anyone in the household is at high risk for CO poisoning, we urge you
to take extra precaution to prevent possible poisoning. If the unit alarms,
remove the at-risk person from the premises, if possible. Ventilate the area.
The high-risk person(s) should not re-enter the residence until the source
of the CO problem has been identified and corrected.
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