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mama-m.mnnmuoii The silent killer ' ColdsnaphasWaterlooFimRescuew’am‘ingu“ ,,Car;4h}19n0xideâ€" ' Ramm‘” Chinese NewYear l ast week's cold snap had many people huddled inside looking celebrations Rb. 2 for warmth while putting more l strain on home heating systems to ' at the Hansel- Hans fight °fi the Chi“ _ . , ' The Central Ontario Chinese Cultural Centre Waterloo Fire Rescue is reminding ~M ' " a, hosts the annual Chlmoe NewYear Festival, Feb. 2. ”We (0 make sure the" furnaces and . P” ' noon to 4 pm, at the Hanger Ham. at flielMiterloo 0th.“ fuelburning appliances are we“ 1' " Manor-ta] Reueatlon Complex. maintained and to ensure they have a . , The Year of the Snake celebration features Wm carbon monoxide detector 10 music, performances. children's activities and prevent the danger of C0 poisoning. '_ food Mmlnion is flea ' TOQ- ohm called the We"! Merl is For more information call 519-576-6168. an anIsible. odourless. colourless gas o. " created when fuels burn incomplete- ly,’ said Waterloo Fire Rescue public is education officer lohn Percy. ; team ack “Installing C0 alarms in the home alert ‘--’ Winter 8 is b occupants to the presence of this for FatallyDay deadly gas." Asthetemperaturegoesdownthe , ,.. __ “at , , _. Whackintimeasthenewlyrestoredsteam number of 911 calls to respond to C0 Waterloo Flt-flame Medication - - . loin ' ~ twawnrkingco locomotive makes its first winter appearance in alanns m up, said Percy, detector. He advises residentsto install and maintain if! m in their m many years on the Waterloo Central Railway in In Deoemeber. Waterloo Fire Rescue “mm time for Family Day. responded to 18 CO detector calls, indoors. pt, also warns about some He said "1,0“th sounds Steamboomotive Essex'luminal RailwayNo. 9. while in the first three weeks of lanuâ€" other risky finial: that might bring everyone out ofthe home tmmedlatglety built in 1923 by the Montreal locomotive Works, ary the can volume was already “P '° carbon monoxide into the home, like and call 911 from outside the home. "1“ be Wins passenger semee over the Family 15". ' warming up your car inside a closed He advises against re-entering the WW The train will “WI firm“ the Qty Of We havent had any true. carbon garage or barbecuing inside your home until Waterloo Fire Rescue Waterloo through the picturesquesnow covered monoxide poisoning calls." said Percy. we. arrives to assist you. farms ofWoolwrdr Mishrp to Elmrra and return. ‘What we're finding is a lot of faulty “it's a convenience thing.” said Asyouexitthehome, healsoadvis- Onl'eb. lsandFeb. Ultimatum usursionwill carbon monoxide alarms. Percy. “But there is a chance that C0 as keeping all yourwindows and doors operate with steam locomotive ETR No. 9 from Ertherthe alarm ‘5 so“ of the bat» will come back in. and there’s a reason closed. That will help firefighters uptown Waterloo to Elm and return. it departs t”Y has died “d P9913“? have called why propane should be kept outside determine the location of the potential from theWaterloo public sonare at 1 pm, with the us for that. but when it gets cold there and not stored inside the house.” C0 leak. round trip to Elmira taking approximately 2.5 is a higher risk because the furnaces You might think opening the garage “We haven't had a lot of snow hours There will be no photo run pasts or stops on and fireplaces are on the 80 constant- door will eventually vent the gas, buildup but it's something that people these “19a |Y~ , chances are that some of it will end up _ should be aware of where they are “Ch?“ are 0" sale "9“ and can be purchased at Percy recommends checking the in the home as well. 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