Yes, I have met many people just like you on the 1000s false gas leak calls that I responded to over 25 years. Typically, it was the outside air, because I worked in what is affectionately referred to as one of the armpits of the Puget Sound. But they also freaked out because they left something rotting in the garbage pale in their RV or in their kitchen or in the outside garbage can. Or one of the family members took a particularly smelly poo in one of their bathrooms. Sometimes someone just farted in their presence and did not take credit for it and it cleared up before our arrival.
Every bad smell is not a gas leak. It might be better to take a few seconds to figure out what the actual source of the smell is, instead of panicking and making a fool out of yourself. Fortunately, that is what most people do, with a few exceptions.
If you think you smell gas, open the doors and windows and ventilate the suspected area. That will save time and allow those who respond to actually find the leak, if there is one when they arrive. But the most important thing you can do in any perceived emergency situation is to keep your head and not freak out... Sorry if that is news to you.
“Yes, I have met many people just like you on the 1000s false gas leak calls that I responded to over 25 years. Typically, it was the outside air, because I worked in what is affectionately referred to as one of the armpits of the Puget Sound. But they also freaked out because they left something rotting in the garbage pale in their RV or in their kitchen or in the outside garbage can. Or one of the family members took a particularly smelly poo in one of their bathrooms. Sometimes someone just farted in their presence and did not take credit for it and it cleared up before our arrival.
Every bad smell is not a gas leak. It might be better to take a few seconds to figure out what the actual source othe smell is, instead of panicking and making a fool out of yourself. Fortunately, that is what most people do, with a few exceptions.
If you think you smell gas, open the doors and windows and ventilate the suspected area. That will save time and allow those who respond to actually find the leak, if there is one when they arrive. But the most important thing you can do in any perceived emergency situation is to keep your head and not freak out... Sorry if that is news to you.”
Come on, are you really a fireman? I’m not. The people “just like me” are people who were safety managers in a shipyard. We used natural gas for burning fuel. I know what gas smells like. I trained people for 20 years that if they smelled gas (inside the vessel), get out, shut down the source, and ventilate the space. If you are a fireman, you know that one little spark, with a sufficient concentration of gas, especially in a small, confined space like a trailer, you’re dead or burned to a crisp and wish you were dead. All it would take is for your water heater or central to heat come on. But, to you, I guess that’s better than being embarrassed. I didn’t say panic, I said get out. Have you ever see the results of a gas explosion? I have. It ain’t pretty.