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(2) To implement the periodical inspection system of LPG cylinder, the NFA issued 2,666,825 LPG
cylinder inspection approval labels in 2017.

(3) Professional institutions were entrusted with the approval of LPG cylinder; in 2017, 7 cases passed

type approval and 1,697 cases passed individual approval.
4. Implementation of Installation Management System for Firms Installing

Gas-Burning Water Heaters and Pipelines to Prevent the Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning from Happening

(1) Professional institutions were entrusted with the task of holding continual training in installing gas-
burning water heaters and pipelines. In 2017, 1,426 firms in the industry were registered and 2,169
qualified technicians were hired.

(2) To minimize the occurrence of CO (carbon monoxide) poisoning, the "Implementation Plan of the
CO Poisoning Prevention" has been enforced every year since October of 2008; for households
whose residence has a risk or tendency of CO poisoning, they will be subsidized to relocate or

replace the water heater; for medium-low income households and those with a CO poisoning
history, they will receive priority subsidies. In 2017, 1,062 households were subsidized.

(3) Continue to promote the safety propaganda against CO poisoning

① Called a press conference to announce the full-scale experiment results of cumulative CO
concentration, and made it into a promotional animation to teach citizens how to avoid CO
poisoning in an easy-to-understand way.

② Set the 16th of December as the CO Prevention Day and December to February as the CO
Prevention Season of every year. The press conference was called on the day and made a
presentation on the correct way of choosing and installing water heater in order to enhance
citizens’ awareness of preventing CO poisoning.

③ Requested local fire bureaus and Police Broadcasting Service to, during the low-temperature
period, enhance relevant promotions and broadcast relevant information respectively.

④ Conducted safety propaganda against CO poisoning in pictures, texts and videos through the

agencies’ websites and large network platforms (such as Facebook, YouTube and Google);
the Department of Information Service, Executive Yuan, also requested the television stations
using the broadcasting section reserved for public welfare, to play short propaganda film.

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