The Leamington and Chatham-Kent fire services each have 85 carbon monoxide alarms to hand out to low-income families.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada is donating the alarms, valued at $8,400.
It follows new regulations requiring an alarm in every home, which was proposed by Conservative MPP Ernie Hardeman.
A family of four in his Oxford riding died in 2008 from carbon monoxide poisoning. "They were in their house watching TV in their basement in front of the gas fireplace. It turns out now the exhaust was plugged and they all perished in their house."
Hardeman has visited over 30 fire departments across Ontario handing out the alarms. He says the symptoms of CO poisoning are just like the flu, so the alarms are needed so people are aware of the problem.
