Press releases

• HSE issues press release in support of CO awareness day
• HSE's gas safety alert 'Get Ready for Winter Carbon Monoxide- the silent Killer
• Lord Hunt calls for renewed action on gas safety

Free leaflets

A range of free leaflets providing advice and guidance.

• Gas Safety
• Checking LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) pipework - Industrial and commercial user responsibilities

Publicity material

Gas safety videos

• Worksmart videos

Medical practitioners guidance on diagnosis and treatment of CO in patients

Gas safety public eye video

• Gas safety public eye video broadband version
• Gas safety public eye video narrowband version

1995 gas safety television campaign

• 1995 gas safety television campaign broadband version
• 1995 gas safety television campaign narrowband version

HSE Approved codes of practice and guidance

Safety in the installation and use of gas systems and appliances
ISBN 0 7176 1635 5
L56 - Price £10.95

A guide to the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996
ISBN 0 7176 1159 0
L80 - Price £8.50

Statutory Instruments

• The Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 No. 551
• The Gas Safety (Rights of Entry) Regulations 1996 No. 2535
• The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 No. 2451

Live webchat

The Health & Safety Executive and The Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) jointly undertook an awareness campaign about the dangers of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning in February 2005. As part of the campaign CORGI & HSE ran a live webchat featuring Brian Adams from CORGI and Dr Rob Hicks.

• Live webchat featuring Brian Adams from CORGI and Dr Rob Hicks

Registration body

All gas installation businesses, including self-employed gas installers, are required to be in membership of a a ‘class of persons’ approved by HSE. The only body with such approval is the Council for Registered Gas Installers – CORGI. Gas fitters who are employed by a member of CORGI need not be in membership in their own right.

• Criteria for a registration body [PDF]