Utility Shut-Off Instructions
How To Shut Off Your Gas Valve in an Emergency
Only shut off your gas valve if you smell gas, hear gas escaping (hissing/whistling/blowing/roaring sounds), see a broken gas line, or suspect a gas leak.
To shut off the gas supply to your home or business, please follow the safe shut off practices below:
- Know where your gas meter is before an emergency occurs.
- Store a crescent wrench in a place you can easily find to quickly shut off your valve.
- Using the crescent wrench, give your shutoff valve a quarter turn in either direction so that it runs horizontally on the pipe. The line is now closed.
- Do Not turn the gas back on yourself once it has been shut off at the meter.
- Your gas utility should perform a safety inspection before gas is restored and the appliance pilots are lit. Contact your gas utility to have your gas service restored.
Gas Valve Open
Gas Valve Closed
How to Shut Off Electricity in an Emergency
Electrical sparks have the potential of igniting natural gas if it is leaking.
Procedures to turn off the power in the event of an electrical emergency:
- Locate the circuit breakers or fuses and know how to shut off the power. Post shut off instructions next to the breaker box or fuse box.
- For your safety, always shut off all the individual circuits before shutting off the main circuit. Unscrew individual fuses or switch off smaller breakers first, then pull the main switch or breaker.
- When turning the power back on, turn on the main switch or breaker first, then screw in the fuses or switch on the smaller breakers, one at a time.
- Do Not enter a flooded basement or standing water to shut off the electrical supply because water conducts electricity.
