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FDNY rescues 5 people from dangerous CO levels in New Dorp Beach home during freezing rain storm
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on February 09, 2015 at 2:30 PM, updated February 09, 2015 at 2:38 PM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The FDNY evacuated a total of five people from a home in New Dorp Beach after a potentially hazardous level of carbon monoxide triggered an alarm during Monday's freezing rain storm.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless gas that kills within minutes if it reaches dangerously high levels.
Nobody was taken to the hospital after five people with minor injuries were evacuated from the house at 55 Titus Ave. after the emergency was reported at 11:39 a.m., a spokeswoman for the FDNY said.
CO levels are most dangerous over 70 parts per million. The reading was about 500 parts per million in the basement, an FDNY spokesman confirmed. The emergency was closed out at 1:16 p.m. after the house was vented which typically would be done by using powerful fans and opening windows.
An average of about 170 people in the United States die every year from CO produced by faulty fuel burning appliances such as furnaces, ranges, water heaters, space heaters, fireplaces and portable generators, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
An FDNY spokesman didn't know what appliance caused the CO emergency on Titus Avenue.
Early symptoms may include:
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless gas that kills within minutes if it reaches dangerously high levels.
Nobody was taken to the hospital after five people with minor injuries were evacuated from the house at 55 Titus Ave. after the emergency was reported at 11:39 a.m., a spokeswoman for the FDNY said.
CO levels are most dangerous over 70 parts per million. The reading was about 500 parts per million in the basement, an FDNY spokesman confirmed. The emergency was closed out at 1:16 p.m. after the house was vented which typically would be done by using powerful fans and opening windows.
An average of about 170 people in the United States die every year from CO produced by faulty fuel burning appliances such as furnaces, ranges, water heaters, space heaters, fireplaces and portable generators, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
An FDNY spokesman didn't know what appliance caused the CO emergency on Titus Avenue.
Early symptoms may include:
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Mental confusion
- Vomiting
- Loss of muscular coordination
- Loss of consciousness
- Ultimately death
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