给液化石油气用户的重要安全信息

尊敬的液化石油气客户:

而液化石油气(丙烷)是一种非常安全可靠的热源, 像所有气体一样, 如果漏了, 它会造成伤害, 死亡, 财产损失. 作为您的液化石油气供应商，我们非常重视您的安全. 因此, we use this information to remind you of safety procedures you must follow to ensure that you and your family are safe when using LP gas.

You and your family must read this information and our brochure entitled “Important 丙烷 Safety Information.把它放在身边，定期重读. Failure to follow the safety precautions in this communication and the mentioned brochure could result in a gas explosion and fire or 死亡 by asphyxiation from carbon monoxide (CO) produced from appliances which are not operating or vented properly. We can provide copies of the brochure at your convenience (we mail these once a year, as well). 

Below are several precautions that are in the brochure that we want to highlight:

If you smell LP gas, if you think you hear gas escaping, or if a gas detector is alarming,

• Call your propane retailer from a neighbor’s home or other nearby building or use your cell phone from a safe location outside the premises and away from the gas leak area.
• CALL 911 or your local fire department if you can’t reach your propane retailer,
• Do not re-enter the building or area until your propane retailer or safety personnel tell you it is safe.
• 在你尝试使用任何丙烷设备之前, your propane retailer or a qualified service technician must check your entire gas piping system to ensure that it is leak free.

LP gas can cause injury, 死亡, or property damage 如果漏了 and ignites. 要防止这种情况发生，请采取以下措施:

• Everyone in your family should scratch and sniff the blue circle within the mentioned brochure. 了解液化石油气的气味.
• 买, 安装, and maintain at least one LP gas detector per manufacturer’s instructions, 哪一个是用来在燃气泄漏时发出警报的. This is because there are some situations where you may not be able to smell LP gas. 如果闹钟响了，就像闻到煤气味一样采取预防措施.

暴露于一氧化碳(CO)会导致伤害或死亡. 要防止这种情况发生，请采取以下措施:

• 买, 安装, and maintain a Carbon Monoxide detector per manufacturer’s instructions, 当检测到一氧化碳时，哪个会发出警报. 这是因为你通常尝不到或闻不到一氧化碳, which is produced from appliances that are not operating properly.
• 家里的每个人都应该了解一氧化碳的症状, 包括头痛, 头晕, 乏力, 呼吸短促和恶心.
• If you or a family member shows physical symptoms of CO poisoning, get everyone out of the building and call 911 or your local fire department.
• Do not try to repair, modify, or alter your propane piping system or connected appliances. 只允许有资质的人员操作.
• 不要试图重新点燃任何指示灯. 如果指示灯熄灭，则可能存在安全问题. Call your propane retailer to relight all pilots or contact a qualified service technician to perform service or maintenance on your propane appliances.
• 避免汽油耗尽. 可能导致安全隐患，包括火灾或爆炸.

If you have run out of LP gas or your service has been interrupted, call us immediately at 217-762-2133 so that we can come out and inspect your gas piping and check for leaks. Arrangements then can be made to relight the pilot lights by a qualified technician.

如果你的汽油用完了，你需要做以下的事情:

• 关闭低压气罐上的维修阀门.
• 关闭所有使用液化石油气的电器的气阀.

除了, you can learn more about safety precautions that need to be taken for safe use of LP gas in your home or business at http://propane.com/safety/. This website contains a link to a product safety brochure and a product safety manual with extensive information on propane safety. 要教育您的孩子关于丙烷安全的知识，请访问 http://propanekids.com/.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL PROPANE, SUSPECT A LEAK, OR AN ALARM SOUNDS

• 立即将建筑物或区域疏散到安全距离.
• Extinguish all smoking materials and open flames or sources of ignition.
• 不要操作任何开关、恒温器或电器.
• 不要用家里的电话. (如果你现在正在使用家里的电话, 放下电话(不要挂断), 在安全的地方用另一个电话打给我们, 并退出结构).
• 不要尝试修理.
• 等所有人都出去了，如果安全的话, you should turn off the shutoff valve(s) on the propane supply container(s), 或者在仪表上.

• DO NOT allow anyone except qualified gas professionals or emergency response personnel to enter the building until a complete inspection has determined if there is a gas leak, 如果是这样的话, that the building has been properly ventilated and that the leak is repaired.
• Have a qualified LP-gas technician test the piping system and repair any leaks, 然后检查并重新点亮你所有的煤气灶.

了解丙烷的“气味”

• 每个家庭成员都应该知道丙烷的味道. (A disagreeable odor has been added to propane so you can detect propane’s presence).
• Ask your propane delivery driver or other company representative to demonstrate its odor.
• 在下列某些条件下, 你可能闻不到煤气泄漏的味道，所以建议你买, 安装, and maintain at least one propane gas detector in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
  • Some individual’s sense of smell may be impaired and are unable to detect the smell of gas.
  • 感冒, 过敏, 鼻腔充血, 以及烟草的使用, 酒精, 或者毒品会削弱你的嗅觉.
  • 烹饪气味或其他强烈的气味可以掩盖煤气的味道.
  • 在极少数情况下，丙烷气体可能会失去其独特的气味. 这被称为“气味消退”. 空气, 水, and rust in propane tanks or cylinders may weaken the gas odor especially if the valves were left open after the container has been emptied.

还记得

• Call a qualified technician to test your propane piping system for leaks and re-light pilots when your propane service has been interrupted.
• 飞行员反复停飞可能表明情况危险. 请一位合格的技术人员来检查器具.
• 丙烷 is heavier than air and can collect initially at floor level. To check for propane, carefully smell all over the room, especially in low spaces.
• 总是对最轻微的气体气味敏感. 任何类型的气体气味都可能是严重的丙烷气体泄漏的信号.
• 如果丙烷气体探测器发出警报, IMMEDIATELY follow steps above for “What to do if an alarm sounds.”
• 总是有一个合格的技术人员调查所有的恶臭. What you think may be garbage, sewage or a dead mouse may be a serious propane gas leak.
• 不要让你的丙烷系统用完丙烷.