The Guild of Letting & Management Limited pledges its support for Gas Safety Week 2017

The Guild of Letting & Management has pledged its support for Gas Safety Week (18-24 September 2017) and will be promoting Gas Safe throughout the whole of September to raise awareness of gas safety and urge the public to keep themselves safe from dangerous gas appliances.The seventh annual Gas Safety Week will see organisations from across the UK work together, to encourage all gas consumers to make sure they have their gas appliances are checked annually by a Gas Safe registered engineer and protect against the dangers of unsafe gas appliances, such as fires, leaks, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

With 21 deaths and over 800 gas-related injuries in the last three years¹, it’s crucial that people have their appliances checked each year to be assured they are working safely and efficiently. People should also Trust the Triangle and check that their engineer is Gas Safe registered. Anyone working on gas appliances while not being registered is working illegally.

Susie Crolla CEO at The Guild of Letting & Management said: Gas Safe has been involved in providing up to date information to our organisation for the last 8 years. As attendees of our annual conference, the Gas Safe Register is an organisation we are proud to support.”

Jonathan Samuel, managing director for Gas Safe Register, said: “It’s great to have the support of the Guild of Letting & Management this Gas Safety Week. By working together, we can reach more people and help to reduce the number of dangerous gas appliances that could be lurking in the homes of the UK’s 23 million gas consumers.  We know from our own investigations data that one in six gas appliances in the UK are unsafe² meaning far too many people are victims of preventable gas related incidents.”

Stay Gas Safe at home this Gas Safety Week by following these top tips:

• Sign up to a free annual gas safety check reminder service at staygassafe.co.uk.
• Be aware of the signs that an unsafe gas appliance may cause such as a lazy yellow flame instead of a crisp blue flame; soot or staining on or around the appliance; excess condensation in the room
• Know the symptoms of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. CO gas is known as the ‘silent killer’ as it has no smell, taste or colour. The symptoms of CO poisoning include headaches, dizziness, nausea, breathlessness, collapse and loss of consciousness, which can easily be mistaken for something else
• ‘Trust the Triangle’ and always ask to see an engineer’s Gas Safe ID card and check it to make sure the engineer is qualified to check or fit the appliance in question.

To find out about dangers in your area visit www.StayGasSafe.co.uk and to find a Gas Safe registered engineer call 0800 408 5500 or visit www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk.

Notes to editors

¹  21 people died from gas related incidents in the UK in the last three years and 815 non-fatalities were reported (Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/#riddor (Gas Safety section) statistics 2013-16 (provisional))

2 Gas Safe Register has inspected gas appliances in 234,593 homes across Great Britain for the period 1 April 2010 – 1 April 2017. One in six homes (15.4%) were identified as unsafe.

For more information about the Guild of Letting & Management contact

Lucy Ciraolo. Tel: 01992 479949 - Email: info@guild-let.co.uk

For media enquiries relating to Gas Safe Register or Gas Safety Week please contact Gas Safe Register press office on 0207 654 2199 or email press@gassaferegister.co.uk.

Gas Safe Register is the registration body appointed by the Health and Safety Executive to manage the gas safety register in the UK, Isle of Man and Guernsey. It is a legal requirement for anyone carrying out domestic and commercial gas work to be registered, and comply with the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998. The register of more than 122,000 gas engineers held by Gas Safe Register aims to protect people from unsafe gas work. Gas Safe Register assesses the competence of engineers by inspecting the gas work they have carried out to make sure they are safe to work on gas.  Gas Safe Register is focused on gas safety and campaigns to raise awareness of gas safety risks associated with using illegal gas workers.

Gas Safe Register deals with all aspects of the downstream gas industry covered by the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. It covers both piped natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Gas Safe Register replaced the CORGI gas registration scheme in Great Britain and Isle of Man on 1 April 2009.www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk