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Who needs a personal Gas Monitor???
Fire and Rescue Personnel
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Many departments are replacing some of their four gas sensors
with Airspace solid state technology, recognizing that CO and
Methane represent the great majority of what four gas sensors
are actually being used for. The cost savings are dramatic.
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Many departments are adding sensors for occasional use purposes,
such as supervisors and command vehicles that occasionally
become first responders by default. Because solid state
technology costs so little to own and stores so well, it is
practical to do that.
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Our solid state monitors are adding safety and efficiency for
Emergency First Responders. Airspace monitors make it practical
and affordable to have a CO monitor with every first response
crew. The safety of the crew is improved and all the
complicated protocol to try to predict when CO might be an issue
is eliminated. So does the added expense of sending Rescue people with
first responders when it isn’t necessary! A dramatic – and
affordable - improvement in safety and efficiency!
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An Airspace carbon monoxide monitor can verify there is CO in
the environment and alert personnel to the possibility of a false
positive reading when using a pulse-oximeter.
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Patients are not returned to a home with low CO levels only to
be calling 911 again!
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An Airspace Monitor can be sent to investigate a 911 Home Alarm
call. Anyone can use it – no complicated zeroing or set up is
required. The sensitivity is sufficient to search for the
source and possibly eliminate it – gas can be turned off to a
water heater, for example. At the very least, CO can be
confirmed and the occupants advised to leave until an HVAC
person can come – or not. It is estimated as many as 60% of CO
calls from home alarms are false, but to the person whose alarm
is going off at midnight or on a holiday weekend, a response is
very important. Our monitor makes it possible to respond
economically and provide a valuable public service.
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Many crews are attaching an Airspace Monitor to a helmet or
uniform strap in overhaul or clean up operations. Crews
that use monitors tell us they can manage their exposure much
better. Sometimes moving just a few feet can get them into a
much lower CO environment. Even with fans, CO is an issue – and
evidence is showing exposure can have a cumulative effect.
Airspace solid state technology makes it practical and
affordable to manage that exposure.
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Fire and Arson investigators are benefiting by having our simple
to use, almost no maintenance required device that offers them
personal protection and can help them find ignition sources and
“hot-spots”.
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EMT and Emergency Management
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The ability to store without requiring maintenance or degrading
in capability is a significant advantage our Airspace technology
can offer Emergency Management. Several states are presently
looking at Airspace Monitors to equip task forces in the event
local EMTs are overwhelmed by a catastrophic event. No other
technology offers the affordability, ease of use, and ability to
store as efficiently as the Airspace Monitor does.
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Ambulance and Other
First Responders
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We at Airspace want to make it our mission to avoid any first
responder ever being hurt by CO again. Our monitors are
automatic – just be sure they are turned on. They are
inexpensive to buy and maintain. No first responder ever
need be injured by CO again. Prevention is affordable and
available from Airspace Monitoring Systems, Inc.
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CO is a problem that is infrequent enough to be extremely
dangerous for first responders. Because serious harm by CO
is so infrequent it has been hard to justify Emergency First
Responders having expensive and complicated CO detection with
them at every response. The unfortunate result of that is
occasionally people are hurt and even killed by CO.
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An incident in our home city of Milwaukee, WI just this past
fall hospitalized 4 first responders and resulted in the City of
Milwaukee now sending a CO monitor in with every first response
team. The city of Madison, WI uses our monitors – attached to
a medical bag with every first response team.
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Crews that use CO monitors all the time are saving Fire and
Rescue department dollars. By having CO detecting equipment with them,
they can call out Fire/Rescue only when CO is actually present.
All the complicated and expensive protocol of trying to predict
and send crews when CO might be present is eliminated.
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Patients are better served as well. No one need be returned to
a home with low CO levels ever again! Crews using monitors tell
us they find exactly that situation where they would not have
expected it by symptoms.
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Patients
also benefit by being able to confirm false positive
Puls-Oximeter readings. See the
COHQ web
site for more information.
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Police Officers
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Police and Sheriff deputies sometimes become first
responders by default. An Airspace Monitor can provide the
information needed to stay safe and provide effective help in
those situations where CO or Methane (Natural gas or Propane
also) might be a factor.
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For example, answering a call where an elderly couple has not
been seen for a couple of days. Entering that home without a CO
monitor is dangerous. With an accident involving a tanker vehicle,
is there a dangerous level of carbon-based gas? Entering a farm
silo or barn with a manure pits can be deadly. When entering a sewer
plant or manhole you need a CO and Methane detector to be
safe.
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Occasionally, a squad car can be a dangerous place! Because it
does not happen often makes it even more dangerous, because our
guard is down. The Airspace Monitor is affordable protection.
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The Airspace Gas Monitor can be carried in the vehicle until
needed. Simply turn on the switch, wait for the green
light and go! Bump test occasionally to verify it is
working and replace batteries every six months or so depending
on use – they are common AA! That is it – the protection and equipment you need is
now practical and affordable to own!
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Public Works Employees
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No one should ever enter a manhole without checking for CO and
carbon-based gases like Methane, Propane, and Natural gas. Sewer
plants, sub-stations, control areas in sewers, etc., should all
be considered potentially dangerous. An Airspace Monitor will
keep you safe – and it’s affordable!
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No need to waste the time to borrow a complicated instrument you
are not trained to use, you can afford to own your own - and
it is easy to operate. Turn on the monitor, wait for the green
light (less than a minute), and go!
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An Airspace Monitor will store for months and be ready to go.
Put in the batteries (common AA’s). Turn it on, wait for the
green light, and go! It is that easy. Airspace solid state
monitors will store without degradation of the sensor – no other
technology will do that.
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Gas and Electric Utility
Workers
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Some houses can kill you! There are many environments that
you
frequentl that can contain CO or carbon-based gases.
Because it does not happen often makes it even more dangerous.
An Airspace Monitor can protect you at an affordable cost!
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Complexity and cost of ownership is very low - AA batteries
every few months, or once a month if the monitor is worn every
day, all day, and a bump test to verify function occasionally - and
that’s it! No routine calibration, no sensor replacement, no
zeroing!
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When Methane, or other carbon-based gas, may also be an issue, no
other monitor can provide as much protection at anywhere near
the low cost of an Airspace Gas Monitor.
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Pilots and Boaters
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Pilots can manage a CO problem with an Airspace Monitor. There
are CO detectors available for airplanes, but no other
affordable technology will allow the pilot to identify the
amount of CO, identify the trend, and manage the problem as will
an Airspace Monitor.
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Many boats are required to have a CO monitor by Coast Guard
rules - but they only alert the occupants of the presence of
CO. The fact is CO is often present, and like pilots, you need
information to manage CO exposure. The Airspace Monitor will
give you that information at an affordable cost of ownership.
Any other monitor with similar capability will require frequent
calibration, sensor replacement, and training to operate. The
Airspace Monitor will store until needed and be usable by simply
turning on the switch!
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Hunters, Campers, and RV
Owners
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Battery
powered personal protection when camping can be critical. Every
season, there are reports of death from heaters, generators, and gas
light sources. An Airspace Monitor is affordable protection
that can be available and ready to go for the occasional user.
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Ice fishermen should be monitoring their CO exposure. Evidence
is mounting that long term exposure to CO can be damaging. An
Airspace Monitor can be used to regulate venting, etc., to be
sure your exposure is at safe levels.
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Real Estate
Agents and Building Inspectors
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Buildings can be deadly! It does not happen often, which makes
it even more dangerous because our guard is not up.
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An Airspace Monitor is affordable, can be stored without
degrading, and be available for those times you need to go into
an old or abandoned building. It might be a good idea to carry
it in any building. A bad water heater, chimney, or furnace heat
exchanger can cause low CO levels in any building. You can
identify and alert your clients to that danger with an Airspace
Monitor.
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Farm Operations
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Every year there are accidents on farms from CO and/or methane
in silos, pits, and barns. An Airspace Monitor is affordable and
can be stored without degrading for seasonal use when entering
silos or closed barns with manure handling pits. You can
afford to be safe!
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Fork Truck Operators
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Vehicle Mechanics
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Last Update: 05/28/09
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