Briscoe Protective Launches Carbon Monoxide Microsite to Help Educate NY Businesses

Briscoe Protective Systems Inc. announced the launch of its new microsite focused on Carbon Monoxide (CO) and the new commercial monitoring laws affecting NY businesses. This new CO section will provide a resource for commercial businesses, offering valuable information on how to improve CO safety at their facilities and to stay in compliance with the new legislation that went into effect on June 27, 2015. Website visitors will be able to view and download relevant information online and sign up for complimentary site evaluations, free educational presentations, and free code seminars.

As a public service, Briscoe is offering a free presentation to local businesses and organizations on the dangers of carbon monoxide, explaining how to protect the public while complying with new local laws. The presentation covers carbon monoxide basics, what the new local codes entail, and new compliance requirements for commercial businesses. Briscoe can visit businesses at their own premises or host the presentation at its corporate headquarters in Centereach.In addition, Briscoe offers a complimentary site evaluation of existing systems to help business owners determine how their systems can interface with the newly required CO detection devices.

Briscoe’s CEO Robert P. Williams has been a long-standing advocate for preventing CO poisoning in Long Island’s residential and commercial communities. Over the past year, Williams has been attending and speaking at many of the public hearings on CO legislation across the Island, encouraging local legislative officials to implement stricter CO laws for commercial facilities.

“We are extremely proud to be known as the experts in CO Safety & Compliance and look forward to helping our commercial community stay safe and help prevent the risk of any further CO tragedies,” stated Williams.

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