More than a third of all households in the Netherlands have a carbon monoxide detector installed. The fire service wants to increase that number through a new campaign.
After the smoke detector, should the carbon monoxide detector also be mandatory in every home? Or is that not necessary because we are still heading for a gas-free society?
The fire service sees that people are looking for other, cheaper ways to heat their homes due to the energy crisis. For example, a switch is being made to wood and oil stoves. However, they can be a source of carbon monoxide if they don’t burn properly.
According to the fire service, ten to twenty people die every year in the Netherlands from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is produced during incomplete combustion, for example in a broken central heating boiler. It is a poisonous gas that you cannot smell, see or taste. That makes it dangerous.
What do you think? Is it mandatory to install a carbon monoxide detector in every home, office, school or other space?
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