The Queensland Government launched a public awareness campaign in May to boost community awareness of electrical safety risks in ceiling spaces.

The campaign urges homeowners and tradespeople to turn off all the main power switches at the switchboard before heading up into the roof, with the main message, ‘Stay safer up there, switch off down here’.                              

The adverts are supported by a brochure that contains safety stickers that can be placed on ceiling space manholes and switchboards of domestic houses. This will remind anyone going up into the roof to turn off the main switches at the switchboard first.

The brochures will be available throughout the next 12 months through Bunnings, Masters Home Improvement, Home Timber & Hardware, Mitre 10, Hayman’s Electrical and MM Electrical Merchandising stores or they can be ordered through the Electrical Safety Office at www.electricalsafety.qld.gov.au

You can help by encouraging your customers to place the stickers on their home’s ceiling space manhole and switchboard and spreading the word in the community.

For more information about the campaign please contact the Electrical Safety Office on 1300 650 662, visit www.electricalsafety.qld.gov.au or follow us on Facebook.

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