Safety officials on P.E.I. urging Islanders to install CO detectors in their homes [Video]

As the weather cools down and Islanders begin heating their homes, public safety officials are taking the opportunity to warn residents about the dangers of carbon monoxide.

Dave Rossiter, P.E.I.’s fire marshal, would like to see carbon monoxide alarms in every home on the Island.

“No matter what, if you’re heating or even if you’re cooking with a fossil fuel — whether it be propane, gas, anything like that — furnace fuel, if you’re using that to heat your home, propane in a fireplace and for that matter even if you’re using a portable gasoline generator for emergency use, you should have a CO alarm in your home.”

Carbon monoxide is a gas that causes illness and can lead to death. Known as the silent killer, it has no smell, taste or colour.

It is produced when fuels — like coal, gasoline, natural gas, oil, propane, wood or wood pellets …