Gas Safe Register is the official list of gas engineers who are qualified to work safely and legally on gas appliances. By law, all gas engineers must be on the Gas Safe Register. It replaced CORGI.

All Gas Safe registered engineers carry a Gas Safe Register ID card. Before any gas work is carried out always check the card and make sure the engineer is qualified for the work you need doing.

Badly fitted and poorly serviced appliances can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a highly poisonous gas. You can’t see it, taste it or smell it, but it can kill quickly with no warning.

Protect yourself from the dangers by following these simple steps:

• Only use a Gas Safe registered engineer to fit, fix or service your appliances
• Get your gas appliances regularly serviced and safety checked every year
• Fit an audible carbon monoxide alarm
• Check for warning signs such as lazy yellow flames or black marks or stains around the appliance.
• Know the six main signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning – headaches, dizziness, nausea, breathlessness, collapse and loss of consciousness.

Always ask for a Gas Safe registered engineer and always ask to see their ID card. If you suspect anyone to be working illegally report them to us.

If you have had gas work done in your property in the last six months, you can nominate it for a free gas safety inspection.

For more information and to find and check an engineer go to www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk or call 0800 408 5500. Better Gas Safe than sorry.

• Are you experiencing any of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning?

• Can you smell gas?

• Are there any danger signs on or around the appliance?

Act quickly and take the following safety steps:

 

• Open all doors and windows to ventilate the room. Get fresh air immediately
• Switch off the appliance and do not reuse until it has been checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer
• Shut off the gas supply at the mains (if you know where this is)
• Call the relevant National Gas Safety number (see below)
• Visit your GP or the hospital immediately and tell them that you believe your symptoms may be related to carbon monoxide poisoning
• Contact a Gas Safe registered engineer to carry out the necessary repairs to the appliance

 

Gas Emergency Services

 

England, Scotland and Wales:

• • For Natural gas, call the National Gas Emergency Service Freephone Number: 0800 111 999
  • For liquified petroleum gas (LPG),
    • Bulk and Metered supplies; see telephone number on the bulk storage vessel or at the meter
    • Cylinder supplies; See gas supplier emergency contact details in the local telephone directory*
      
  
  
• Northern Ireland:
• • For Natural gas, call the Northern Ireland Gas Emergency Service: 0800 002 001
  • For liquified petroleum gas (LPG),
    • Bulk and Metered supplies; see telephone number on the bulk storage vessel or at the meter
    • Cylinder supplies; See gas supplier emergency contact details in the local telephone directory*
      
  
  
• Isle of Man:
• • For Natural gas, Towns gas** and LPG, call Manx Gas Ltd: 01624 644 444
    
  
  
• Guernsey:
  
  
  • For Mains gas** and LPG, call Guernsey Gas Ltd: 01481 749000
    
  
  
• Jersey:
• • For Mains gas** and LPG, call Jersey Gas Company Ltd: 01534 755555
    
  
  
• Contact details of the four main suppliers of LPG in Great Britain
  
  
  • Calor: 08457 444 999
  • BP: 0845 607 6118
  • Flogas: 0845 720 0100
  • Shell: 0870 7539 999

* For cylinder supplies on caravan parks and hire boats, the site owner and/or boat operator may also have responsibilities. Advice may be obtained from the gas company identified on the cylinder through their emergency contact details.

** Mains gas and Towns gas
Guernsey and Jersey in common with the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man have LPG supplies, but where they differ, is that they do not have any Natural gas installations. The gas used in the mains distribution system is a manufactured LPG/Air mixture (otherwise known as ‘mains gas’). The mains gas consumers are served by a network of underground mains emanating from a LPG/Air production plant, where the gas is processed, constantly monitored and checked for quality and purity.

Gas Installations in the Isle of Man are similar to those found in Guernsey and Jersey; however the Isle of Man is currently undergoing a gas conversion programme, whereby many of its LPG/Air installations on its ‘Towns gas’ network are being converted to burn Natural gas. There are also some 6,000 installations still using LPG/Air. The plan is to convert the existing LPG/Air installations to Natural gas by 2012.