Gas Emergency Shut Off

Natural Gas Meter: Emergency Shut-off

  • Know where your gas meter is before an emergency occurs.

  • Have a wrench stored in a specific location where it will be available.

  • If you smell or hear gas escaping after an earthquake or any emergency, turn off your gas at the meter as shown.

  • Use a crescent wrench and give it a quarter turn in either direction so that it runs crosswise on the pipe. The line is now closed.

 Contact the Long Beach Energy Department at (562) 570-5700 to have your gas service restored.