Freedom, fireworks, family, friends and food. It’s what our Independence Day is all about. But it’s also, by one measure, the most dangerous day of the year. According to the Pew Research Center, on average, more than 45,000 people visit U.S. hospital emergency rooms for treatment of injuries on July 4 and 5 – nearly 91,000 in total, by far the highest daily numbers in the entire year. By comparison,…
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Meet Peoples Gas Team Member Christine Quinn
Meet Christine, supervisor of Gas Control for Peoples Gas. Growing with our company for 19 years, she has gained a diversified portfolio of experience in gas control, customer service, rebate processing, and engineering. For the last 10 years, Christine has worked in Gas Control and a supervisor for the last three. She loves knowing she and her team play a part in keeping the community safe by monitoring natural gas…
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Meet Peoples Gas Team Member Jammal Davenport
Meet Jammal Davenport, Safety Advisor for Peoples Gas. Coming up on his 8th year at Peoples Gas, Jammal is a testament of personal and professional growth. He started his journey as a field technician, then a damage prevention coordinator, and most recently was named Safety Advisor for Miami, Jupiter, Ft. Lauderdale and Ft. Myers service areas. As a safety advisor, Jammal implements safety practices and delivers information and training on…
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TECO Peoples Gas wins 2018 American Gas Association Safety Achievement Award for Excellence in Employee Safety
Safety for our employees – alongside safety for the customers and communities we’re proud to serve – is something everyone at TECO Peoples Gas knows well; in fact it’s our top priority. Now the rest of the world is getting the word with the announcement that Florida’s largest natural gas utility has won the 2018 American Gas Association (AGA) Safety Achievement Award for Excellence in Employee Safety. “This award is…
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New apprentice program unleashes the next generation of pipeline workers at TECO Peoples Gas
The following post is by Matthew Baker: Step right up, apprentices! You’ve got a big job ahead of you as do your part to serve more than 350,000 customers across Florida with safe, reliable, affordable natural gas. Fortunately, Florida’s largest natural gas provider will have you well-prepared in a big way: with a remarkable new gas training facility in Tampa called GasWorX – and now the training program to go…
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