SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220802-27276-2147354640. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Briggs & Stratton 040304 (Briggs & Stratton 18KW Natural Gas Whole Home Generator Series 18000). Incident: in response to [REDACTED], press secretary for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission following her inclusion in the investigative report done by our local news station, [REDACTED] (see link) in reply & regards to Whole Home Generator Safety following Hurricane Ida [REDACTED] Due to the placement of our whole home generator, and after running for more than a week following Hurricane Ida, dangerous carbon monoxide levels were detected in our home. It caused our temporary Carbon Monoxide Detector to sound the alarm at 1am on September 7, 2021. We called 911, the fire department came out . Unsafe levels were detected throughout the home, we were told to exit the home and they had to air out the whole home ad shut down the generator. Had the alarm not sounded, we likely would have died that night from carbon monoxide poisoning. A further problem is that our HOA is strict about the placement of electrical equipment on a property like ours but, I strongly feel life-safety is far more critical and more important. I would be more than willing to discuss our specific incident in more detail.