Neglecting safety issues can give you the blues

January 30, 2020 By Stuart Flatow

Damage control isn’t the best marketing strategy, but a commitment to safety is “marketing gold.” Don’t shy away from relaying safety messages to customers.

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The risk of a static electricity incident increases in the winter due to lower humidity. Photo: chasdesign/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Snuffing the static electricity spark

December 10, 2019 By Stuart Flatow

Stuart Flatow explores how the cold weather during the winter heating season heightens the risks of static electricity for propane marketers.

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The snowcat bobtail from Ebbetts Pass Gas Service. Photo courtesy of Ebbetts Pass Gas Service

Winterize your customers for the heating season

October 25, 2019 By Stuart Flatow

Stuart Flatow offers safety tips propane marketers should make sure their customers hear each year to ensure safe use of propane during peak season.

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Vehicles like this 1961 Chevrolet propane grain truck require regular inspection. Photo by Alan Gibbons

Prioritizing safety in the ag market

August 29, 2019 By Stuart Flatow

Using propane on the farm is commonplace, but it presents a unique set of challenges to farmers and propane marketers alike.

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The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) held the National Safety & Trainer’s Conference in January in San Antonio. LP Gas attended the event and captured this photo of PERC’s Elena Scott, left, Stuart Flatow and Courtney Gendron. Soon after the event, Flatow announced he was stepping down as the vice president of safety and training. Photo by Joelle Harms

Stuart Flatow is stepping down, saying goodbye to PERC

April 23, 2019 By Stuart Flatow

Stuart Flatow provides his thoughts on 18 years of managing the Propane Education & Research Council’s safety and training mission.

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Faces & Places: March 2019

March 22, 2019 By Joe McCarthy

A look around the propane industry

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Lyndon Rickards of Eastern Propane & Oil, center, participates in a panel discussion at the National Safety & Trainer’s Conference in San Antonio. Randy Warner is second from left. Photo by Joelle Harms

Advocating for workforce education

March 4, 2019 By Randy Warner

National Safety & Trainer’s Conference brings safety stakeholders together for invaluable conversation on workforce education.

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Despite their importance, CSRs may, in some cases, be underappreciated and undertrained. Photo: iStock.com/Liderina

Customer service reps play crucial role in propane industry safety practices

September 20, 2018 By Stuart Flatow

Properly-trained customer service representatives are powerful, useful safety resources to the propane industry.

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Expo attendees inspect the bi-fuel Prius, one of the NAFTC’s training tools. Photos courtesy of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium

Training autogas technicians

June 21, 2018 By Clara Richter

Expo aims to grow the pool of auto technicians, add stability to a year-round market.

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High on safety: How marijuana legalization is affecting propane retailers

May 23, 2018 By Joe McCarthy

Marijuana legalization presents propane retailers with additional safety, legal and employee hiring challenges.

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