Fall In Love With Your Carbon Monoxide Detector

Wednesday February 11, 2026

 This Valentine's Day give your family a gift that can save their life!! Make safety a priority this Valentine's Day and fall in love with taking care of and understanding how your Carbon Monoxide Detector works!

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, tasteless, invisible and poisonous gas produced by any fuel-burning device like stoves, furnaces, gas ranges or grills. Exposure to carbon monoxide gas can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning.

A carbon monoxide alarm alerts you to elevated CO levels in your home, providing you and your family with an early warning to help you safely escape to fresh air. Since this gas has no odor, taste or color the only way to detect CO is with working carbon monoxide detectors. 

Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can be similar to flu like symptoms including:

• Fatigue
• Confusion
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Loss of consciousness
• Vomiting

Exposure to CO gas over time or to elevated levels of CO can even lead to brain damage or death.

What Should You Do If Your CO Detector Goes Off?

It's essential to understand why your CO alarm is going off in order to best respond in the event of an emergency.

Here are some of the reasons, however, refer to your product's manual for your specific model:

• The detector has a low battery and they need to be replaced.
• The detector has reached its end-of-life and the alarm itself needs to be replaced.
• Elevated levels of carbon monoxide gas have been detected.

In the event of an emergency, there are a few steps to follow to help reduce exposure to this poisonous gas:

1. If your carbon monoxide alarm goes off, immediately evacuate the building to fresh air and safety.
2. Call 9-1-1 once safely outside to report the incident and if there is anyone experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms like headaches, dizziness and vomiting.
3. Do not return into the building until it has been cleared by first responders. Even if your alarm stops alerting, and you've switched off all the appliances and opened the windows and doors, the source may still be producing the poisonous gas.

Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Your Home

The only way to detect carbon monoxide is with working CO alarms. Install CO alarms on every level and in every bedroom of your home. Test your alarms regularly and replace the batteries every 6 months.