The Insurance Bureau of Canada has donated 150 carbon monoxide alarms to the Huron Perth Hoarding Coalition.
The coalition will work closely with the Children’s Aid Society of Huron Perth, as case workers attend homes, and sometimes a home and its residents are not properly protected with CO alarms.
The donation will allow Children’s Aid Society workers to carry CO alarms within their vehicles, ensuring that they do not have to leave any residents at risk of CO poisoning.
“We are very appreciative in the opportunity to assist fire departments, children and families with this important preventative initiative,” says Shaun Joliffe, executive director for the Huron Perth Children’s Aid Society.
James Marshall is the Fire Prevention Officer for the Township of North Huron and Municipality of Morris-Turnberry.
“It is these kinds of partnerships that offer a means of educating and achieving compliance. In knowing these units will all be protecting children, who are the most susceptible to Carbon Monoxide poisoning, makes it all the more rewarding," says Marshall.
Todd McKone is also a fire prevention officer for parts of Perth County.
“In Ontario you must have Carbon Monoxide Alarms installed adjacent to each sleeping area if you have any fuel fired appliance, attached garage or fireplace,” explains McKone. “We are responding to calls with dangerous levels of Carbon Monoxide every three months. Without CO alarms these calls could have had tragic consequences."
The units being provided are equipped with a LED display that shows continuous levels of carbon monoxide within the home and it also tracks the peak levels.
Such units provide less opportunity for false alarms, which reduces call volume for local fire departments.
