Last year we were shocked and deeply saddened when several campers died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Many people still do not really know how carbon monoxide can affect them and also how and where it occurs. To help reduce the risk to campers we have launched our Safelincs Campers Carbon Monoxide Campaign. This campaign [...]
This week sees the launch of the first Gas Safety Week. The awareness week will run from September 12th to September 16th and to show our support we are giving 10 FREE Kidde 900-0233 carbon monoxide alarms away. Gas Safe Register are highlighting the importance of using registered qualified engineers for all gas installations and [...]
After moving into her new home, Welsh singer Charlotte Church began to suffer from frequent headaches. She could not find an explanation for this and it was her grandfather who suggested that the possible cause could be a carbon monoxide leak. Charlotte Church’s grandfather then installed a carbon monoxide alarm in the home of the [...]
This Year’s Child Safety Week is looking at preventing accidents, with its ‘Take a second look for safety’ campaign. The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) are encouraging everyone with children or looking after children to take a second look at their environment to ensure that the children are safe. Accidents can, to a great extent, [...]
A Lincolnshire family escaped the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning thanks to the carbon monoxide alarm they had installed after moving into a listed Georgian house. The couple knew that the oil boiler that was in the property was old but after having it serviced they felt reassured that there was no possibility of the [...]
As a result of the blog we wrote about the carbon monoxide leak that left one of the characters in EastEnders unconscious a customer was prompted to contact us. Our customer found that after she bought her CO alarm from us it alerted her to a carbon monoxide leak that came from her cooker. She [...]
This week an EastEnders story line will be covering carbon monoxide poisoning. Single mum, Heather Trotter, will be discovered unconscious in her flat. Heather knows that her boiler is faulty but can not afford to have it repaired. The boiler leaks carbon monoxide into the flat and leaves Heather fighting for her life. Did she [...]
Any CO detector installed is a potentially life saving piece of equipment, and for this reason must be carefully chosen. CO detectors with certification in accordance to the European Norm EN50291 are tested to a higher standard of sensitivity and reaction time, than those tested to the US American UL2034 standard. CO detectors that meet [...]
A very successful project is slowly coming to an end. In 2008 Kirklees Council decided to offer its residents free CO alarms through their WarmZone project. Safelincs was chosen as supplier of Kidde carbon monoxide detectors and has by now supplied over 120,000 CO detectors for this project. To celebrate the completion of this program, [...]
The tragic death of two young children that occurred as the result of a faulty boiler installation in Corfu in 2006 has been highlighted again as two Thomas Cook employees appeared in court accused of manslaughter. The deaths of Christianne and Robert Shepherd, aged seven and six, was caused through carbon monoxide leaking from a [...]
