A generous donation of carbon monoxide detectors for the Moncton Fire Department.
They received 100 detectors from the Hawkins-Gignac Foundation, to raise awareness.
Moncton Fire Deputy Chief Keith Guptill says more and more homeowners in New Brunswick are using them, “With natural gas, and propane for gas heaters, hot water tanks, stoves, propane fireplaces and furnaces, it’s becoming more prevalent.”
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Guptill says this type of gas is heavier than air and is known as a silent killer.
“It’ll creep along the floor and as more of it gathers it will continue to rise. That’s why people who are sleeping are actually big targets for carbon monoxide because they don’t catch that whiff that wakes them up.”
Currently, there are laws mandating carbon monoxide detectors in Ontario and the Yukon. In other Canadian provinces and territories, the choice is up to the homeowner.
Fire Departments in Charlottetown, PEI and Halifax, Nova Scotia also received carbon monoxide detectors donated by the Hawkins-Gignac Foundation.
