Next week is California’s Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Week, an opportunity to help educate families about this deadly threat before the weather turns colder. In the past two years, nearly 100 Californians, many whom were children, have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in more than 20 incidents across the state. Public health experts agree that someone involved in just one CO incident may develop long-term health effects that could last a lifetime. Evidence indicates that overexposure to carbon monoxide can inflict lingering or even permanent bodily harm, such as memory loss, speech and mobility problems, or psychiatric issues, like depression. All of these incidents may have been p

This years California Wildland Fire Season is nearing its end. This past fire season has been an ugly and deadly one. But here in Sacramento we are entering our "Urban Fire Season". What I mean by that is this is the time of year where we start seeing more structure fires and unfortunately this is usually the time of year that we experience our fire deaths. More people are spending their time indoors for obvious reasons. With that we have fires that are caused by defective heating equipment, fireplaces, candles, cooking, and the all too common, "smoking". Now is the perfect time to go through and check the safety of your home. It's is also a very good time to sit down with your family and