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Fuels Safety

Whether you're relaxing by the gas fireplace, barbecuing your favourite meal, filling up at the gas station, having oil delivered to your home or grabbing a bite from your local hot dog stand; keep safe by following these fuel-related safety tips.

Fuels Safety
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Home Safety

Home Safety

Did you know there are on average 4-6 fuel burning appliances in your home? Follow these tips for staying safe around some of the more common ones:

  • Furnaces and water heaters
  • Stoves
  • Fireplaces, and more.

Plus, find out how to protect yourself from fuel scammers, and how to find a TSSA-registered contractor to do work in your home.

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Recreation and Events

Recreation and Events

Keep your favourite hobbies and past times fueled with safety by keeping these tips in mind when dealing with:

  • Barbecues
  • Gas pool heaters
  • Patio heaters
  • Gardening & Landscaping
  • Camping and cottage fuels, and more.

Plus, learn what you need to know if you’re renting a food truck for an event.

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Fuel Transportation and Storage

Fuel Transportation and Storage

Discover what you need to know when you’re using, transporting, or storing gasoline or propane whether you’re:

  • Filling up at a gas station
  • Transporting or storing gasoline or propane
  • Disposing of fuels
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Business Safety

Business Safety

Tips when using fuel-burning appliances in your workplace:

  • Patio heaters
  • Appliances
  • Generators, and more.

Plus be sure to know about pipeline safety if you’re involved with landscaping or other work that requires excavating.

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TSSA Keeps You Safe

TSSA regulates the transportation, storage, handling and use of fuels in Ontario including natural gas, propane, fuel oil, gasoline, diesel, butane, hydrogen, digester gas, and landfill gas.

TSSA Registers contractors and certifies tradespeople who install and service natural gas equipment, such as furnaces and hot water heaters, stoves, fireplaces, gas barbecues, pool heaters, and more.

  • Regulates propane tanks for home barbecues, patio heaters, and other appliances.
  • Regulates mobile food service equipment (more commonly known as food trucks).
  • Licenses and inspects gas stations and marinas.
  • Regulates dispensing facilities and propane cylinder exchange sites that may sometimes be at a gas station or marina.
  • Exercises the authority to inspect fueling facilities on farms or campgrounds, at car rental agencies, at courier companies, and other similar private fuel outlets.
  • Registers Fuels Contractors as the only businesses that can legally do fuels-related work in Ontario and protects people from unscrupulous scammers.

We perform inspections; provide licences, certifications, and registrations; review and approve facility and equipment plans; and investigate fuel-related incidents.

We also promote safety awareness to protect people from the dangers of cabon monoxide through public education.

Reporting Safety Concerns

If you see anything fuel-related that appears unsafe, report it to TSSA—24 hours a day, 7 days a week—by calling 1-877-682-8772. Choose Option 1 to be connected to our incident hotline (managed by the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy’s Spills Action Centre). 

If you witness an accident, call 911 and stay on the line to provide information about your exact location. 

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