Carbon Monoxide Information
Florida Department of Health recommended precautions to help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning:
- Install a carbon monoxide alarm in your home if you have combustion appliances or an attached garage.
- Be sure all appliances are properly installed and used according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Have fireplace and combustion heating and ventilation systems, including chimneys, flues, and vents, professionally inspected every year.
- Don't burn charcoal inside a house, garage, vehicle, tent or fireplace.
- Don't use un-vented combustion heaters in enclosed spaces, especially sleeping areas.
- Never leave an automobile running in a closed garage or in a garage attached to the house - even with the garage door open.
- While driving, keep the rear window or tailgate of a vehicle closed, as carbon monoxide from the exhaust can be pulled inside.
- If you suspect you are experiencing any symptoms of CO poisoning, open doors and windows, turn off gas appliances and go outside. In cases of severe CO poisoning, call the 911 emergency services or call the nearest Florida Poison Information Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Carbon Monoxide Brochures:
Generators - English (PDF, 233kb)
Generadores - Spanish (PDF, 223kb)
Dèlco - Creole (PDF, 132kb)
Carbon Monoxide In the News:
Florida Department of Health Cautions Against Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
(PDF, 42kb) ** NEW **
CPSC Urges Caution with Heating as Winter Weather Arrives; Carbon Monoxide
Deaths on the Rise
Internet Resources on Carbon Monoxide:
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention:
Carbon Monoxide
presentation given by Dr. Shahad Iqbal at the EPA Region 4, quarterly
conference call (PDF, 464 KB)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention:
Carbon Monoxide, The Quiet
Killer
CDC -
Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ** NEW **
CDC - Podcast:
Keep Carbon Monoxide Out
CDC - audio public service announcement:
Avoiding Carbon Monoxide Poisoning During a Power Outage
** NEW **
US Dept of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
How Close is Too Close for Portable Generators?
California Air Resources Board
carbon monoxide video
(13.7 MB *.wmv video -
ADA accessible language associated with the video)
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Data
Florida Department of Health:
Press Release on the hazards of carbon monoxide from January 16, 2003 (PDF, 100kb)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Indoor Air Quality Publications
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Fire Safety Administration:
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For additional information, contact the Florida Department of Health's
Radon and Indoor Air Program at 1-800-543-8279.
Email us: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public
records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a
public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead,
contact this office by phone or in writing (F.S. 668.6076).
If you have feedback for us (questions, comments, broken links, etc.)
about carbon monoxide or other IAQ questions email us at:
phtoxicology@doh.state.fl.us.
Modified August 23, 2012
