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Here you go folks, also is a downloadable poster to put in your caravan window

BBQ and Fire Safety Advice for Caravanners and Campers Safety advice for caravanners and campers relating to barbecues, and CO carbon monoxide poisoning, cooking in tents etc. Please read this and share. Never put a BBQ in a tent to keep warm, it will kill you and your loved ones.

Cheers  Ratty

'So important too to get gas powered systems in your caravan/camper/motorhome checked regularly (water heater, fire/blown air heating, fridge as well as the cooker) and make sure vents are not covered or blocked.'

The appliances are checked as part of the yearly service.  But it is equally important to point out that the combustion chambers on the truma hot air/water heaters are completely enclosed and sealed off from the caravan interior.

Obviously the gas hob and oven are not. 

Do they not check for gas emissions?  I would have thought that the fridge has the same safety principal as other appliances in that combustion gasses are sealed away from the cabin.

I wouldn't skip an annual service but of all the gas appliances in a modern caravan it is the cooker that has the potential to generate CO within the caravan.

Has there been any instances of CO poisoning in a modern caravan?  Considering the many thousands in use this event is extremely rare if it has happened at all.

Of course get the caravan serviced and do not block vents, but lets keep it in proportion and not panic unduly.