Carbon Monoxide Now Required In All MN Homes

From Kare 11 Website:

On August 1st, all Minnesota single family homes are required to have a device designed to alert you to a problem you cannot sense until it's too late. Carbon Monoxide detectors are similar to smoke detectors and must be installed outside every bedroom by August 1, 2008.



The law passed a couple years ago in large part because of the Griggs family. Their daughter's life ended abruptly at the age of three when carbon monoxide sickened the entire family, but the gas was too much for Hannah Griggs to recover from. The family had a handful of smoke detectors in the house, but did not have a carbon monoxide alarm. Now years later, it's in Hannah's name St. Paul firefighters, first responders and state representatives all come together to make others aware of how simple it is to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.



Officials want to remind everybody about a new law that goes into effect Friday. It requires carbon monoxide detectors in every single-family home. St. Paul firefighters teamed up with First Alert to provide 500 carbon monoxide detectors to families who cannot afford one. The story could have ended with Hannah Griggs' death, now it's in the memory of her life that other deaths from carbon monoxide are prevented. The Carbon Monoxide Detector Law is going into effect in three phases. As of January 1st 2007, Carbon Monoxide detectors have been required in all newly constructed homes. Beginning Friday they'll be required in every single family home. Owners of apartment buildings and multi-family homes have a little more time to comply, the detectors will be mandatory in those households by this time next year.