Carbon Monoxide Safety
August 23, 2024
Faces of Carbon Monoxide: CO Alarm Saves Georgia Family
A family in Cherokee County, Georgia, is awakened one night by their home alarm system's carbon monoxide detectors. The family credits the alarm with saving them from potential death due to CO poisoning.
Our Faces of Carbon Monoxide series tracks real stories of CO emergencies to raise awareness of this safety hazard. At least 420 people are killed and more than 100,000 hospital emergency departments in the United States each year as a result of CO poisonings.