Deadly carbon monoxide fumes were detected during a Home Safety Visit by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, potentially saving the life of a woman who had been feeling unwell. Safe and Well Adviser Annie Page and Newhaven on call firefighter Tom Griffiths conducted the visit and noticed that the woman did not have a carbon monoxide alarm installed. They offered to install one for her, but she declined, saying that she had been told that her room-sealed boiler did not require one.
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Despite the woman’s assurances, the team decided to install a CO alarm in the kitchen near the boiler. To their surprise, the alarm went off immediately. Suspecting a fault with the first alarm, they installed a second one in the room, which also went off immediately. The woman reported feeling unwell recently, with headaches and unusual tiredness over the last couple of weeks.
