The air is feeling crisp and cool these days and I’m itching for movie nights in front of the fireplace, a favourite Winter pastime at our house! We are pretty wimpy when it comes to cold and would hibernate in our cozy house all winter long if we could, but that luxury never, ever comes at the expense of our families safety!
Did you know? Ontario recently made installing Carbon Monoxide alarms in homes a mandatory act.
We have more than one in our house, just to be sure! Carbon Monoxide cannot be seen, and has no smell or taste, your best defense is First Alert alarms and Duracell Batteries.
Duracell and First Alert’s top five CO tips for winter:
1. Get a professional to check your furnace, your appliances and ensure your chimney is cleaned properly.
2. Install at least one carbon monoxide alarm with an audible warning signal near the sleeping areas in your home, and have at least one alarm on each level.
3. During power outages, if running a generator be sure to operate it in a well-ventilated area.
4. Use the time change this month as a reminder to test your CO detector and change its batteries with Duracell AA batteries.
5. While it may be tempting to warm up the car on cold days, don’t leave your car running in the garage even if the garage door is open.
For more on CO prevention be sure to check out the First Alert website at www.firstalert.ca. Duracell 9V and AA batteries are available at mass retailers nationwide for a suggested MRP of $7.99 (2pk and 8pk respectively).
To put you on the right track for the winter season, we’re excited to offer you a CO Safety giveaway valued at nearly $45, including:
- Duracell AA Copper Top Batteries
- First Alert Carbon Monoxide Alarm
This giveaway has ended
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This giveaway may appear on other blogs as part of the #PGmom/#mamanPG program. However, to be fair, you can only win once per giveaway. If your name is chosen more than once, another winner will be selected. All winners must be from within Canada
I have 1 in my home on the main floor. (I need 2 more)
We have one in our small home so if I won I would give this to my son and his wife as their home is large and they have two kids I worry about.
no CO detectors. hope to have a couple soon. thanks
I have 2 CO2 alarms in my house
We own 1 alarm in our apartment.
We have one – in our bedroom
one
We have a small house, so only one!
I have 2 – one upstairs and one downstairs.
I believe 2 as the fire and CO are linked.
We have one in our house
Ashamed to say it but I don’t think I have any. 🙁
We have three but two of them are pretty old.
none
I only have one in my home
We have one right now.
We don’t have any, and I know we definitely should have at least one. 🙁
One
I have one in my house and need another to install outside of a tv room that is off of the garage.
we have 3 in our home
We have one right now.
We have 2 in our house.
We have zero in our home and I know we need them because we do have gas in the home for the heat and the stove!
2,1 upstairs and 1 downstairs
We currently have two CO2 detectors in our home
We have one that I purchased a couple of years ago with a battery back-up, but we have a large 2 story house and should have another one.
we have one
We have one in the basement and one in the bedroom.
We actually don’t have any carbon monoxide detectors in our home.
I have 1 in my home on the bedroom floor. I need to replace it within 6 months as they are only good for 7 years.
We have 3 one on each level
We have one.
I recently put in one detector as it just became law here in Ontario.
we have 2 of them
Sadly we are doomed- we have no co detectors at the moment.
We have 2 smoke alarms 1 up and 1 down – reminder to check batteries…overlooked but not forgotten.
We have one in our apartment but we are buying a house and I would love to have this for our new house.
I have 0 CO detectors
I have one of them.
We have one alarm.
I don’t have one,I’ve never owned one,I think it’s time to consider getting one,It certainly would help give me peace of mind.
We have 2, one upstairs and one down
None at present as it broke. Have 5 Fire tho.
None 🙁
We have one alarm.
I actually only have a smoke detector in my flat, not a CO alarm 🙁
none
we have 3
One on each floor which is “3” . Thanks for the chance.
3
I do not think the alarms in our house are CO. They are the ones that were here when we bought the house
We have one on the lower level of our hoe, between both the bedrooms.
3, one on each floor
At our condo we have electric heat so we don’t need any but in the summer we live in our park model RV and it has one but I want to put a 2nd one in next year.
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I currently only have one. Sounds like I could use a few more.
currently I have none 🙁
I currently have one.
We only have one. I think we will probably need more
we don’t have one yet, but I know we need to get on that asap!
I have one
we have one
We have one
I HAVE 1 CO AND 3 SMOKE
I’m pretty sure all of mine are duo smoke/CO2 alarms, so that would mean I have three, one on each floor.
2 one on the floor with the bedrooms and one next to the furnace. Would love one for my daughters new apartment
We have 1, and 3 smoke alarms
We don’t have either one
We have two.
Time to get one..we do not have one currently.
We have 2 alarms,one in our basement and one on our second floor.
I don`t have any in my home.
We have 2 at the moment, they are very old!
I am entering your giveaway.
It would be great to win the Duracell First Alert CO Safety Prize Pack.
In response to your question of
How many Co alarms do you currently have in your house?
I currently have one Co alarm in my living room.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!!!
We have one in the basement
We have one right now.
We have one in our bedroom but would like one on the main floor. Hopefully I can win
None but need to shop for one
We only have one at the moment!
None
One
One in basement and one in bedroom area
I only have one
I have one in my house.
We have none in my house.
we have two in our home right now
none
I currently have two CO2 detectors in my house.
None at home – but we have one at the farm – thanks!
We currently have no Carbon Monoxide alarms In our home, I don’t think. I don’t know if the downstairs smoke alarm is one or not.
zero
We have 1
I only have one right now.
1
Only have 1 – should have another 1
We have none actually!
we actually don’t have one.
I currently have none and need to get a few for my home.
love to have this ty
1 alarm
I have one currently
We currently have one.
Not one specifically for that
Just one
We currently have one in our kitchen!
We have one CO2 alarm upstairs and one smoke alarm downstairs.
one
No CO detectors in the house
I only have one downstairs and none up stairs.
None 🙁
2
One upstairs
one
We currently have 1 in our home.
I don’t have any 🙁
Just the one on the main floor but would like to add more.
We have one CO detector outside our bedrooms
I know we have at least one, maybe two. That sounds like I had better check and be sure!
We have 1 downstairs but we do need one upstairs also!
I live in a condo with a forced hot water heating system and do not have any CO detectors in our home.
I only have one on main floor. Could use in basement
I have one!
We have two – one in the basement and one on the main floor. I had a CO scare once in an apartment I lived in so now we are extra careful. I subscribe with a different email address than the one noted above.
We don’t have any at the moment.
Quite a few – one in each area!
We currently have one CO detector and are getting a new one hard wired in the next few weeks but we still need another one for the top floor. This would be great!
I don’t have any right now
We have one
2
We have two, I believe, one on the main floor and one up with the bedrooms.
We have none , but they are a very important thing to have in your home 🙂
I am ashamed to admit it but none. I did in my former house and for some reason never plugged one in here. I need to get one!
I have none……. 🙁
We have zero of these alarms
i have two at this point in the house
I have 1 alarm in my house
None! Yikes!
I have one in the house.
We have six.
I think I have 1, but I’m not sure. I guess I’m toast!
we have 4 smoke detectors and a very old CO detector. The last should be replaced.
2
I had one. It recently got broken when it was dropped during the battery change
One in the house
We have only one CO detector currently
We have 2 in our house
I have one on the main floor, but Ontario laws have changed. The Hawkins-Gignac Act requires detectors near all sleeping areas in homes with fuel-burning appliances, such as furnaces, stoves or fireplaces. It also applies to all residences with attached garages. This means I need at least one more and the First Alert Alarm featured on your blog is exactly what I need. It’s a trusted name with a trusted name in batteries! Exactly what I’m after!
one
None, that’s why I need to win this.
We have one
we only have one
We have five. One on each floor and then one in the basement near my son’s room and one in the hallway near the bedrooms.
We have one.
I just have one, better than none I guess!
I have a CO2 monitor on each floor, basement, main floor and upstairs!
We have one.
Just 1 in the basement by the furnace
we don’t have any and it makes me very nervous.
I have one! could definitely use another one
We have one upstairs by our bedrooms, but it is in need of replacement!
I need one of these…oil furnace here
I have one
We don’t currently have any
Rob
i don’t have any
One!
i have 1 but it’s at the end of it’s life span and needs to be replaced, and I should have a second one too.
We have one right now. Hoping for a new one!
Just 1 in the basement
None, we had one but it was so old we got rid of it thinking it would encourage us to buy a new one. It didn’t.
I do not have any.
We have 2 in our house. Upstairs and in the basement
One
I’m embarrassed to say we have 0. I’ll definitely have to get a couple asap.
I’m pretty sure we have one CO detector in our house. But definitely just one!
I don’t have one so I’d really like to win this one!
Would like to have another C0 detector for my home
I don’t have any, need one…
We have at least 3 or 4.
One in our apt
One
we dont have any. that really should change.
1
I only have one co alarm in the place I just moved into. It’s mixed with a smoke alarm.
I currently have 1 co alarm in my house?
We have one in the furnace room.
We have 2. One in our basement, with the furnace, and one on our main level, just in case!
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I don’t have any in my home.
We have two CO detectors
We have 2 CO detectors but I’d like one more so we can have one on each floor
We rent and only have one on the main floor, but I’d like to have one upstairs too.
We actually have an electric furnace so we have none but I would love to win this for my daughter who rents.
We don’t have any CO alarms yet, but we should get some ASAP!
We have one in the house.
we have 1.
None yet, keep forgetting to get it.
We have none
We have 2 CO Detectors in our home.
We have 3.
I have 2 right now
we only have one, probably need another
1 CO alarm.
Just one
I don’t have any 🙁
I no longer own one as the one I had malfunctioned and would not shut off the sound.
We have 5 alarms.
We have 4 alarms.
We only have one CO alarm but severak smoke alkarns
We only have two alarms in our house right now.
2
we have 2 but should have on more
Truth is we just have one
we have one
One… but unfortunately it was possessed & it would beep at all hours of the day night. It drove me crazy. It’s sitting in the drawer. My bad! I would love to win one that actually works!
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Thanks for the giveaway…we have one CO detector, but it needs replacing (it was painted over !); especially important to have one in the winter months !
Oops, please disregard the previous entry i.e. Canada only !
We have 1 right now.
We don’t have any at the moment.
i dont have any right now.my last one quit working on me
I have 1 CO alarm in my house right now, but it is really old & probably should be replaced with a new one.