[Title card appears on-screen that reads “CARBON MONOXIDE DURING THE HOLIDAYS”]
Madison Bath: It's deadly. It can happen, you know, during the day when you're just cooking your family a meal. It could happen at night when you're sleeping.
[A close-up shot of a Brock Fire Department patch. Fire Prevention Officer Madison Bath, in station-wear uniform, walks toward the camera in slow motion, smiling as she stops right before the camera.]
I'm Madison Bath. I'm the Fire Prevention and Public Education Officer for the Township of Brock Fire Department. But I'm also still a volunteer firefighter.
[Talking head shot of Bath sitting on the back of a fire truck in the bay. This shot and an alternative angle are interspersed throughout the video. This shot changes into a close-up of a person mounting a CO alarm onto a ceiling.]
Madison Bath: As of January 1st, 2026, there are new rules surrounding carbon monoxide alarms in Ontario. Currently, they're only required on the floor level outside of sleeping areas.
[Shot of children in Pyjamas running down a staircase, followed by a shot of someone using a cane to get down the stairs.]
Madison Bath: But as of January 1st, you are going to be required to have carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home, regardless if there's sleeping areas in the basement or not. And the reason that rule is changing is to better protect all Ontarians. We need to be able to detect carbon monoxide on every level of our home.
[Shot of Bath opening the storage doors on one of the fire trucks in the bay to reveal a package of several smoke alarms. A close-up shot of those alarms follows, and then some B-roll of a generic furnace room in the basement of a home.
Madison Bath: All it takes is one time, you know, your hot water tank it may be new - that doesn't mean that there isn't potential, that it doesn't operate correctly and then emits carbon monoxide. So if we don't have a carbon monoxide alarm in our house, we're not going to know that it's there.
[Shot of someone in bed turning their lamp off, leaving the room in darkness. Shot fades to black.]
Madison Bath: We can't see it, we can't taste it. We can't smell it.
[Title card appears with text that says “A message from the Office of the Fire Marshal and our partners in fire safety. Underneath there are five logos belonging to: The Office of the Fire Marshal, the Ontario Association of Fire Educators, the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, the Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Association, and the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council.]