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Avoid the risks
There are precautions you can take to make your home safer:
Get an audible carbon monoxide detector
Have gas appliances regularly serviced by a Gas Safe Register engineer
Visit gassaferegister.co.uk for more information and guidance
about keeping your home gas safe.
Take action
Open windows
Turn off gas appliances
Leave the building and call
the Gas Emergency Line
immediately on 0800 111 999
(free of charge and
open 24 hours)
Seek medical help immediately
Get a Gas Safe
Registered engineer
to check your appliances
Understand the symptoms
If you experience unexplained symptoms listed below and they improve when
you’re away from your home, this could be a further indication of the presence of
carbon monoxide.
Headaches
Dizziness
Nausea
Breathlessness
Collapse
Loss of consciousness