[0:07] my name is Britt Nelson with the [0:08] Lakeville fire department here with [0:09] another Lakeville fire safety minute [0:11] today we're talking about carbon [0:13] monoxide carbon monoxide is a odorless [0:16] tasteless smelless gas that can be [0:19] poisonous as it replaces oxygen in the [0:21] body it's created in the home by [0:24] incomplete combustion of fuel so any of [0:26] your gas fired appliances wood burning [0:29] stoves or automobiles running in the [0:31] garage any of which can produce carbon [0:32] monoxide that can concentrate in the [0:34] home uh early symptoms to look out for [0:37] are headache dizziness light-headedness [0:40] or nausea and then further exposure can [0:43] lead to stuff like vomiting or [0:45] eventually death um in the state of [0:48] Minnesota annually about 300 people are [0:50] sent to the ER with uh emerging signs of [0:54] carbon monoxide poisoning and of those [0:56] about 14 unfortunately pass away uh in [0:59] the state of Minnesota it's required by [1:01] law to have a carbon monoxide detector [1:04] on any floor where sleeping rooms are [1:06] and within 10 ft of any sleeping areas [1:09] if you do have appliances in the room [1:11] that burn fuel for heating or otherwise [1:14] it's required to have one in the room [1:16] with you when your carbon monoxide [1:18] alarms do go off in the house it's [1:19] important to get everybody out and [1:21] accounted for and then call 911 uh the [1:24] fire department will respond and work [1:25] with you to help identify if there is [1:28] presence of carbon monoxide in the house [1:30] and then contact your utility company to [1:32] hopefully get to the house and remedy [1:33] the situation nobody should re-enter the [1:36] house until it's deemed safe and if you [1:38] do have any signs and symptoms of carbon [1:40] monoxide poisoning you should go to the [1:42] hospital to get checked out and a [1:44] reminder carbon monoxide alarm should be [1:46] replaced every 5 to 7 years with a UL [1:48] listed carbon monoxide detector those [1:51] can be hardwired battery or plugged in [1:53] for more information you can visit the [1:55] Minnesota Department of Health's carbon [1:56] monoxide poisoning page or you can call [1:59] us here at the fire department 952 [2:01] 985-4700