1) The accident and tradegy was a terrible thing, I as anyone offer all my condolences.
2) Requiring system installers to be licensed is a good thing, it will make the homes in NH safer in general.
3) Requiring system installers to be licensed, would not have prevented this particular accident, nor many of the others mentioned in the plea to get this done. Accidents will still happen, General contractors will still cut lines and leave them open. But the new difference is when someone unlicensed touches a gas line--now you have a reason to sue them.
4) What should happen is that it should be made illegal for home/propertyowners to "turn on" the gas supply to their homes. This should only be done by a trained professional who know how to do a complete gas system check each and every time a system gets reactivated.
5) I am not trying to be critical, just pointing out facts.... Personally, I am a 20 year licensed gas fitter here in Mass, everything I do here has to be inspected before it goes live for the first time. However, none of that prevents some idiot from altering my work after i have left the home. In the case in moultonboro nh, it was a construction accident, not a gas company accident. The industry has taken a bad and undeserved punch on the chin for this one.
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