23/05/24
Request
Dear Firefighters
Can you please send me any research you have done and what pollutants you found?
Thank you.
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Hello. I am writing on behalf of the independent registered charity, CO Gas Safety (www.co-gassafety.co.uk). We were very interested and thankful to read an article mentioning your warning about Korean self-heating meal kits (https://worcesterobserver.co.uk/news/dont-use-korean-self-heating-meal-kits-indoors-says-worcestershires-fire-service-49834/).
Do you know how much CO these kits produce, when used indoors? We would be very grateful for any ppm readings you have taken either in a test situation or out on a call. We have not come across these before and are keen to know the level of danger that they present.
Any information you are able to give us would be most appreciated.
Thank you
Response
Good Morning
We thank you for your request for information, which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm that the information that you have requested is not held as we have not conducted research into this issue. The product triggered one of our gas monitors and the press release was put out in line with other Fire and Rescue Services who had also encountered similar products.
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Kind regards
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