Family Safety
Tour your gas appliances:
- Get the whole family together for
a guided tour of your home's gas-burning appliances.
- Teach small children to stay away
from all gas-burning equipment.
- Remind children to keep toys, books
and games away from water heaters, furnaces and ranges and
not to swing from gas pipes or play with flexible connector
hoses.
Don't forget the gas meter.
The gas meter measures your home's gas consumption. The gas meter needs to be kept free of debris, snow, ice and obstructions at all times.
Tell children what to do if they smell gas.
Instruct older children to leave the house and call MidAmerican Energy at 800-595-5325 from a nearby phone if they smell a gas leak while you're out. Remind them not to use matches, turn lights on and off, use a flashlight, or use the phone or other electrical appliances, as a spark from any of these things could ignite the gas and cause it to explode.
Teach your family about the safe operation of your gas appliances, your gas meter and what children should do if they smell gas when home alone.