Firefighters seek to inform during Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week
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MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — Fire department in Madison County spread fire safety and carbon monoxide awareness Tuesday to home healthcare professionals and community members as part of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. During this awareness event, firefighters are volunteering to go into homes to set up carbon monoxide monitors bought by homeowners. Fire Marshall Don Friddle said since the weather is getting cooler outside, we are approaching “heating season.” It is the time when more people are turning on gas operated accessories to warm their homes. That usage means a higher chance for carbon monoxide poisoning, also known as the silent killer. “The poison is odorless, colorless. Can’t taste it. Can’t smell it,” Friddle said. “You have no way of knowing that it is inside your home. So having a carbon monoxide detector inside your home is the only way to know you have an issue.” Friddle also said the illness resulting from carbon monoxide poisoning is the only other sign. Any appliance that burns fuel can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
