Install at least one carbon monoxide alarm on every level of your home, including the basement. The most important location for a working CO alarm is in or near your bedrooms.
Yearly Tips
• Every year check all the fuel-burning appliances in your house; make sure they are working properly and used properly.
• Make sure fuel-burning appliances, chimneys, and vents are cleaned and inspected by professionals every year before you start to use them, usually when the weather gets cold.
Indoor Tips
• Never use the stove or oven to heat your home.
• Make sure to open the flue of your fireplace before you use it.
• Never run a car, vehicle or other motor inside a garage, even if the garage door is open. Always drive your car or vehicle out of the garage right after starting it.
Outdoor Tips
• Make sure your vents for the dryer, furnace, stove, fireplace, and other fuel-burning appliances are always clear of snow and other debris.
• Only use gas and charcoal barbeques outdoors, away from all doors, windows, vents, and other building openings. Never use barbeques inside a garage, even if the garage door is open.
• Only use portable fuel-burning generators outdoors in well-ventilated areas away from windows, doors, vents, and other building openings.
• Make sure portable fuel-burning heaters are vented properly, according to their instructions.
• Check the outside and inside walls of your house for cracks, holes, separations, and check for rust, stains or carbon deposits on heating ducts or pipes.
• Check the flame on fuel-burning appliances – it should be clear blue with occasional yellow tips.
For more information on carbon monoxide and safety in and around your home, please visit calgary.ca/fire and gas.atco.com.
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