Prepare Now for Safe Portable Generator Use During Hurricane Season
While portable generators are life-saving emergency safety tools, their incorrect use can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning and even death.
- While portable generators are life-saving emergency safety tools, their incorrect use can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning and even death.
- Take it Outside is a program developed to help keep portable generator owners and their families safe.
- The Take it Outside program emphasizes that the only safe way to operate a portable generator is by taking it outside, but its location outdoors is important, too.
- If you feel sick, dizzy or weak while using your portable generator, shut it off and get to fresh air immediately.