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They work. Whitchurch-Stoutfi'ille's fire chief says. Carbon monoxide detectors aren't just the law. Rob McKenzie couldn't recall a (IO-re- lated death in the municipality during the launch of York Region's carbon monoxide awareness campaign at the Community Safety Village of York Region in Stouffville yesterday. But Stoufiville firefighters have respond- ed to homes where the detectors went off. A vehicle left mnning in an attached garage or a faulty furnace or fireplace is often to blame. A worker “went down" in a house under construction in Stouffville after inhaling carbon monoxide spilling from a kerosene heater several years ago. McKenzie said. Firefighters used their own detector to dis- cover very high readings in the home. As of Oct. 15, Ontario law requires car- bon monoxide alarms be installed in all homes and other residential buildings where there is a carbon monoxide risk. Only some municipalities required them previously. " Carbon MonoxidevAwareness Week is Nov. 1 to 7. Carbon monoxide detectors saving lives: Firefighters Carboh monoxide. known as the silent Volunteers are needed to sit on York‘Region’s 2014 to 2018 Accessibility Advisory Committee to advise York Regional Council on how to make its programs, services and facilities more accessible in our community. If you are interested‘and have expertise in accessibility issues, are a York Region resident with a disability or an individual working with residents with disabilities in York Region, you are encouraged to apply. Applications are available at www.york.ca/accessibilityplanning and are due December 5. For more information, please contact AODA@york.ca Accessibility Advisory Committee volunteers needed York'chion BY HM MASON jmason®yrmg.mm @Q@®®®\ killer. is produced when fuels such as natu- ral gas. gasoline. oil. propane. wood or coal are burned. You can't taste. see or smell carbon mon- oxide. so a detector is the only way to alert you that levels are high. ‘lnstall at least one CO alarm near sleeping areas. - -It is strongly recommended you have at least one CO alarm on each storey of your home. - Have a trained professional inspect. clean and tune- up your home‘s central heating system. -Flreplaces and wood stoves should also be inspected each year and be cleaned and repaired as needed. - Never use a gas or charcoal grill Inside your home or in a closed garage. - Portable electric generators must be used outside only; never use mem indoors, in a garage or in any confined space that can allow C0 to collect Caxbon monoxide reduces the body's ability to carry oxygen in the blood and exposure can cause headaches. fatigue. diz- ziness. chest pain and. at high levels, coma or death. There were 380 unintentional deaths from carbon monoxide in Canada from 2000 to 2009, according to Statistics (lan- ada. CO KNOW HOW Communhy and 9mm. “Mm (mum no Prvmmm WhitchurchrStoufl‘ville Fire Chief Rob McKenzie (left) and fire educators from across York Region and the Ontario Fire Marshal launched Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (Nov. 1 to 7) at the Community Safety Village of York Region last Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/JIM MASON