Who needs a personal Gas Monitor???
The Airspace CO Monitor is useful for personal protection or diagnosing the situation in residential carbon monoxide poisoning 911 calls. (e.g., Determine if the victim is unconscious due to diabetic coma or has suffered from CO poisoning. Is it safe to be there?).
Airspace Gas monitors are a good public relations tool for testing/verification of residential home-unit operation.
Demonstrations of Carbon Monoxide sources and dangers for increased public awareness.
The Data Logger model is useful in solving "intermittent" CO source problems and verifying compliance.
Airspace "intrinsically safe" (UL listed for hazardous locations, Class 1, Div. 1, Groups A, B, C, and D) monitors can detect combustible gas (Methane) leaks in open or confined spaces.
Verifying the safety of the immediate environment in confined spaces and locating "hot-spots" in an overhaul (fire clean-up) operation.
The Airspace Gas monitor can be used for Fire and Arson Investigations. Locate ignition sources and "hot-spots".
Testing for high CO and methane levels in farming operations (barns, silos, and pits).
The Airspace monitor can protect personnel at first-on-scene responder situations (911 calls).
An Airspace carbon monoxide detector can verify there is CO in the environment and alert the EMT to the possibility of a false positive reading when using a pulse-oximeter on a patient. For more information on this scenario, check out the COHQ web site. Scroll down and click on the "EMT/Pulse-Oximeter alert" link.
Police officers spend many hours in their squad car and particularly when performing traffic enforcement. A personal CO detector can alert the officer to excessive and unhealthy CO buildup in the vehicle.
Gas and Electric Utility Workers, Municipal, HVAC Contractors
An Airspace personal gas monitor can protect individuals exposed to potentially hazardous conditions in confined or enclosed areas.
Pilots can be alerted to engine manifold leaks, cockpit heater fault, or cockpit air quality problems.
Boaters can use a portable alarm to warn of CO build-up in below-deck cabins and sleeping compartments. Read more about it here: http://www.boatwashington.org/carbon_monoxide.htm
House boats present a danger occupants in the cabin as well as to swimmers near the engine well. Learn more at: House Boat CO-related deaths
Personal protection when camping in a tent with
wood or gas heat generators, gas light sources, and generators.
Learn more here: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5008.html
Schwartz
RB, Ledrick DJ, Lindman AL. Camping
CO-related deaths
Dangerous CO level detection when staying in a cabin with a wood fireplace, wood stove, older gas-fired furnace or water heaters.
Protection of the occupants of older RV's and campers without CO detectors.
Ice fishermen in an enclosed shanty with a combustible heat source.
Factory personnel, Security Guards, Military Applications
Working in a confined area with a gas-engine fork truck. Fork trucks are high CO emission vehicles.
Working in an area with process emissions.
Below deck ship inspection.
Protection of Military personnel in tents near generators and heaters.
Brewery Workers.
Toll booth operators are continuously exposed to CO.
Emission testing station personnel are in a high CO environment.
Mechanics exposed to vehicle fumes and emissions in a service bay or garage.
Home mechanics with idling vehicles or "torpedo" heaters.
Vehicle is idling for long periods of time in traffic or parked.
Semi-truck drivers in sleeping compartments.
Travelling in confined areas such as tunnels, parking garages or car ferries.
Real Estate Agents and Building Inspectors
Protection when entering older buildings and basements with suspect or unknown heating systems and gas leaks.
Using a Data Logger unit for testing HVAC systems to inform buyer or seller of potential problems.
Long exposure with running tractors and farm equipment are sources of dangerous CO levels. Learn more about it: Farm CO-related poisonings
Silos and barns are potential confined areas with CO as well as methane dangers.
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Last Update: 10/19/07
