Fire watch

Precautions to be taken on completion of the work, e.g. a fire-watch following welding in an area containing combustible solids. 

The fire department blamed the accident on welders cutting in hazardous areas without a fire watch, highly combustible structural components (fiber-glass-resin), high-density storage of highly flammable and detonable material, spilled ammonium perchlorate about the plant, and high w ind conditions. 

Fire Watch will be provided for at least 30 minutes after work (inch breaks)... 

Fire Watch is supplied with suitable extinguishers... 

Fire Watch is trained in use of extinguishers and method of raising alarm... 

Position a fire watch at each opened manway into the vessel with a pressurized fire water hose available. 

She would say watch Mum, you ve got a fag and stuff like that and maybe I d be sitting too close to the fire, watch Mum and like one time 1 went and fell asleep and 1 went and left a chip pan on and the place... the whole house full of smoke and the kitchen was on fire and she was the one that woke me up.. .. Know, the fire brigade and the ambulance and that said you were very lucky to get out of that but she didn t move from the bed until she woke me up and 1 kept wakening up and going it s alright, just go back to sleep and she was screaming the place down, but I got her out... 

The near-destruction of the Deane pharmacy in 1945 and the years of wartime duties, such as fire watching, that she added to her load took their toll on her health. However, she kept active with the pharmacy until her death on 20 August 1955, aged 74 years. A correspondent for the Pharmaceutical Journal, An Onlooker, commented Miss Borrowman was a firm believer in the equality of the sexes but this view applied only to other women — she knew that she herself was more than equal to most men. 04... 

Permit procedures (authorization, inspection, written permit), fire prevention, and fire watch. 

While the work is being performed, fire extinguishers must be in place, and a fire watch shall be maintained. 

That a fire watch was posted and in place during procedure and 30 minutes after work was complete. 

Fire watches must remain in place after hot work is completed. 

Fire Watch—A person responsible for surveying an area where work is occurring who will stop the work if a condition is detected that might lead to a fire and who sounds the alarm if a fire is detected. 

Hot work authorization procedures (including Fire Watch and Vehicular Entry procedures) ... 

For the hot work permitting process, management must establish areas for hot work, designate the authorizing individual, ensure that the personnel performing the work are trained, and ensure subcontractors who perform the work have similar requirements. From personal experience, it is especially wise with welding operations to have a fire watch. This is a person who can watch for sparks and small fires that may not he observed by the welder, who is required to wear eye protection. 

From ANSI Standard Z49.1-1967, Fire Watch Duties — Fire watchers must be trained in the use of fire extinguishing equipment. They must know where alarms are in the event of a fire. 

To be made 30 minutes after completion of any operation unless fire watch is provided... 

Fire equipment readily available fire watch for cutting, welding, burning. 1 2 3 4 N/A... 

A fire watch as described in 1926.352(e) shall be maintained when hot work is performed. 

Typically, the organizational safety official is responsible for implementing and managing the hot work permitting procedure. The primary elements required to be incorporated into a viable hot work permit system include a standard operating procedure consisting of (1) a written procedure, (2) a permit, (3) worker training, and (4) fire watch provisions. 

Fire watch is provided during and 30 minutes after operation. 

The assigned fire watch is properly trained and equipped. 

Fire watchers must have fire-extinguishing equipment readily available and be trained in its use. They should be familiar with facilities for sounding an alarm in the event of a fire. They should watch for fires in all exposed areas and try to extinguish them only when obviously within the capacity of the equipment available otherwise, they should sound the alarm. A fire watch should be maintained for at least a half hour after completion of welding or cutting operations to detect and extinguish possible smoldering fires. 

Noncombustible walls—If welding is to be done on a metal wall, partition, ceiling, or roof, precautions must be taken to prevent ignition of combustibles on the other side from conduction or radiation, preferably by relocating the combustibles. Where combustibles are not relocated, a fire watch on the opposite side from the work must be provided. 

Where fire watches are required, must ensure that they are available at the site. 

Maintain the fire watch at least a half hour after completion of welding or cutting operations to detect and extinguish possible smoldering fires. 

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