NCOAA Blog

Growing up, Amanda Reddy worried about the dangers of her father’s smoking, but never about carbon monoxide. In this Great American Smokeout piece, she reflects on that unseen risk, how CO builds up inside homes without warning, and why preventing exposure requires collaboration between families, housing systems, and public health professionals.

Discover NEMA’s Fire & Life Safety Section: uniting manufacturers and experts to advance codes, standards, and technologies in fire detection, alarms, and emergency communications. Explore the free document library with guides on smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detection, emergency lighting, and evacuation systems. Ideal for pros and homeowners alike.

UL Standards & Engagement’s latest U.S. State CO Risk Assessment Report evaluates each state across three pillars, health outcomes, code & regulatory framework, and public awareness, to produce a weighted score and place states into four performance tiers.

During an informal gab session with my friend Charon McNabb over 10 years ago, I learned that she had just begun her quest as a champion...