- Overview
- Fire Safety At Home
- Inside The Home
- - Alcohol
- - Bedtime Checks
- - Candles, Lights And Decorations
- - Carbon Monoxide
- - Cooking Safely
- - Drugs
- - Electrical Safety
- - Escape Plans
- - Independent Living
- - Medicine
- - Oxygen Therapy
- - Smoke Alarms
- - Smoking
- Outside The Home
- - Barbecue
- - Bonfires
- - Camping And Caravanning
- - Fireworks
- If You Have A Fire
- - After The Fire
- Community Fire Safety
- Business Fire Safety
You cannot smell or taste carbon monoxide but poisoning can be fatal. Symptoms include headache, drowsiness and flu-like symptoms.
Leaks from faulty gas fires, water heaters or boilers are usually the cause.
- Make sure gas fires, water heaters or boilers are fitted properly by experts.
- Get them checked once a year.
- Install a carbon monoxide alarm – available from any DIY shop.
- If you think you have a leak, open all doors and windows; turn off the gas at the mains; don’t switch lights on or off; leave the property; call Transco on 0800 111 999.