Natural Gas Safety & Kids

Adults aren’t the only ones who should know about natural gas safety.

Children should also be taught how to be safe around natural gas and natural gas appliances.

• Teach children not to play near gas ranges or other gas burning appliances.
• Explain to children that gas smells like rotten eggs so they will be able to recognize the smell of gas.
• Tell older children to leave the house and call Alagasco from a neighbor's house if they smell gas and an adult is not home.
• Instruct children not to play on gas pipes or with the flexible connector pipes that are attached to gas appliances.