By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
Northfield Fire Chief Tom Nelson is reminding residents about the issue of carbon monoxide. With the fall season starting and furnaces turning on it is a good time to check make sure that you have the proper CO alarms in your home. Fifty-nine people have died of C-O poisoning over the last five years in Minnesota. While Nelson said that furnaces are the main source of CO, cars have become an increasing problem in recent years. In September, Northfield First Responders were called to the Northfield Retirement Community when a car was left running in the parking garage. Nelson says start push button make it particularly easier to leave cars running:
“And you know anybody would say how can anyone do that? Well, my new truck has one of those push button starts, right? So it’s not like you grab the key and turn it off” – Fire Chief Tom Nelson on the KYMN Morning Show
Nelson recommends placing your CO alarms in the hallway outside your bedroom since that is one of the best areas to detect CO and to alert anyone in the house when they are asleep. Nelson says that CO alarms in the garage or far away from bedrooms are often not helpful because do wake up and alerts residents of an issue. When checking your CO alarms check for the expiration date, they are designed to last ten years.
