Natural gas safety check

Maintaining your natural gas appliances is the best way to safeguard your home from a natural gas accident. Please use the following checklist to help make your home a safer place and ensure that you protect the ones you love.

• The flame on your natural gas range is steady and blue. Yellow or orange flames indicate incomplete gas combustion.
   
• Clutter and flammable objects are stored away from natural gas appliances.
   
• Natural gas appliances are installed and serviced by qualified repair people.
   
• Appliances and appliance connectors are inspected or replaced periodically.
   
• All appliance vents are kept clean and in good repair.
   
• The natural gas oven or gas range is used only for cooking, not to heat the room or dry clothes.
   
• Your furnace air filters are replaced monthly throughout the heating season.
   
• Everyone in your household knows how to identify the smell of natural gas.
   
• Check for leaking or cracked heat exchangers in furnaces to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
   
• Visit www.cityofmesa.org/utilities/gas/appliance_safety.aspx for more natural gas appliance safety tips.