carbon monoxide poisoning

Most home heating fires are reported in December, January, and February.

Casper Fire officials remind everyone the importance of Carbon Monoxide detectors

Even though this has been an unusually mild winter, the Regional Poison Control Center advises everyone to be on the watch for carbon monoxide as instances of poisoning tend to be just as common in a mild winter as in one that's severe. Joan McVoy, nurse and poison information specialist says The Centers for Disease Control rank Wyoming as a state with one of the highest mortality rates for people

Wyoming has one of the highest carbon monoxide mortality rates in the country.