CO Summer Safety – Latest bulletin from APPCOG (All Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group)

Focus this week:

 

Campsite risks + signs & symptoms

Pack An Alarm – CO-Gas Safety advises an alarm to EN 50291 bought direct from reputable supplier e.g. supermarket or DIY store – more reliable than the Internet.  Please don’t forget to get them out of the box and set them up – some need a tab pulled to get the batteries connected.

 

Last week’s Top Tweet

 

eBay will stop selling black spot CO detectors: https://twitter.com/APPCOG_UK/status/1417785378866671616

Dates to note:

 

It is now the school holidays for the UK

 

23 July – 1 August is Love Parks Week! https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/love-parks-week

 

Key Assets:

 

BBQ safety: COS4S21 Asset Kit > Social Media > COS4S – Barbecue Posts

 

Alarms: COS4S21 Asset Kit > Social Media > COS4S – Product Social Posts

 

COS4S ‘Out of Home’: COS4S21 Asset Kit > Factsheets

 

Media since last update:

 

Gas Engineer Mag: “eBay to halt sales of ‘black spot’ CO detectors”

https://registeredgasengineer.co.uk/ebay-to-halt-sales-of-black-spot-co-detectors/

 

England, Cumbria: “Person taken to hospital after carbon monoxide detected in Whitehaven house”: https://cumbriacrack.com/2021/07/19/person-taken-to-hospital-after-carbon-monoxide-detected-in-whitehaven-house/

 

USA, Boston: “A Lynnfield apartment building was evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide Friday night”: https://whdh.com/news/residents-evacuated-from-lynnfield-apartment-building-due-to-high-levels-of-carbon-monoxide/

 

Morocco: “Eid Al-Adha: Health Ministry Warns Against Carbon Monoxide Poisoning”: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/07/343511/eid-al-adha-health-ministry-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning

 

Broken Arrow family raising carbon monoxide poisoning awareness following son’s death on boat: https://www.fox23.com/news/local/broken-arrow-family-raising-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-awareness-following-sons-death-boat/ST5EXFJIDRAEZPKV65E7GBCW4U/

 

Safe Boating campaign page: https://safeboatingcampaign.com/co-danger/

 

USA, Iowa: “Department of Natural Resources is asking boaters to be aware of carbon monoxide poisoning while on the water” https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/dnr-reminding-people-to-be-aware-of-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-while-boating

 

Campaign Support (new orgs only):

 

Public Health Wales: https://twitter.com/PublicHealthW/status/1415951879859748868

 

Lake District Foundation:

https://twitter.com/lakesfoundation/status/1418843473520828421

 

FireBlitz & FireHawk: https://twitter.com/fireblitzuk/status/1418912935313879046

 

Safe Lincs: https://twitter.com/safelincs/status/1416291704051802114

 

Edu Begins at Home: https://twitter.com/edubeginsathome/status/1418180304666251264

 

Binley Fire Station: https://twitter.com/WMFSBinley/status/1416369806148841476

 

Project Shout: https://twitter.com/ProjectShoutCo/status/1418223612146769933

 

FireAngel:

https://twitter.com/fireangelsafety/status/1418209628593135619

 

 

Hashtags and accounts to tag:

 

#CarbonMonoxideSafe4Summer

#CarbonMonoxide

#Camping #Campsite #Tent #Caravan

#Summer #Holiday

#GreatBritishSummer

Love Parks Week: #LoveParks, #ProtectParks, #RespectParks

 

@KeepBritainTidy

@CampAndCaravan

@Camping_Direct

@cool_camping

@PitchUp

@MallettsTruro

 

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