POLICY/PROCEDURE

ORIGINAL DATE:
TITLE: FIRE WATCH January 2006
IDENTIFICATION LAST REVISION DATE:
NUMBER: SA 1060 February 2015
NEXT REVIEW DATE:
HOSPITAL(S): ALL HMC HOSPITALS/ENTITIES February 2018
Sheet No. 1 of 2

1.0 POLICY STATEMENT/PURPOSE:

1.1 This policy is formulated for all Fire Safety Staff in order to maintain the fire safety
integrity and protection of areas undergoing any form of construction work, and / or
planned or unplanned Fire Detection System disablement and its potential effect to Fire
Protection Systems. This policy is written to assist in conducting a fire watch during the
period of the previous mentioned activities.

2.0 DEFINITIONS:

2.1 Fire watch: a temporary measure intended to ensure continuous and systematic
surveillance of a building or building component by one or more Fire Safety
Representative for the purpose of identifying and controlling fire hazards and Risks
detecting early signs of fire, suppressing a fire at its incipient stage raising of fire alarm,
and notifying fire service authority.

3.0 PROCEDURE/PROCESS:

3.1 All Fire Safety Staff and contractors within premise of HMC are responsible for
compliance with this policy and procedure.

3.2 The area engineer shall be responsible for notifying the following mentioned sections one
(1) week prior to the commencement of any work that could affect the efficiency of the
previous mentioned equipment. Notification shall be accomplished by utilizing the Project
Notification form available from the Fire Safety Section.

3.3 When conducting a fire watch inspection the relevant department shall ensure that the
following is addressed.

3.3.1 No signs of fire or smoke are evident. (Should either of the same be
suspected or found activate the HMC fire procedures immediately).

3.3.2 Unnecessary electrical equipment is OFF or isolated from any power source.

3.3.3 Fire doors are in the closed position.

Facility Management and Safety (FMS) Regulatory, Accreditation & Compliance Services (RACS)
POLICY/PROCEDURE

ORIGINAL DATE:
TITLE: FIRE WATCH January 2006
IDENTIFICATION LAST REVISION DATE:
NUMBER: SA 1060 February 2015
NEXT REVIEW DATE:
HOSPITAL(S): ALL HMC HOSPITALS/ENTITIES February 2018
Sheet No. 2 of 2

3.4 The following department shall be responsible for conducting the previous mentioned fire
watch.

3.4.1 Fire Safety Section (normal working hours).

3.4.2 Engineering Control Room, (after working hours and weekends) .
3.4.3 HMC Security Department (after working hours and at weekends).

3.5 Each section mentioned above shall nominate one (1) or more staff members to conduct
the inspection. These staff members shall complete the attached form complete with
their employee number when assigned for the inspection.

3.6 Failure to accomplish the above will indicate that the inspection has not been completed.
Should this occur after investigation suitable action would be required by the head of the
concerned department

4.0 DOCUMENTATION:

4.1 Documentation shall be completed on completion of each inspection.

5.0 REFERENCES:

5.1 None Applicable.

6.0 ATTACHMENTS:

6.1 Fire Watch Checklist.

Facility Management and Safety (FMS) Regulatory, Accreditation & Compliance Services (RACS)
 Fire Watch Checklist
These procedures are to be initiated by the concerned area engineer. No work is to commence unless this
documentation has been disseminated to the relevant sections at least one (1) week before the start date.

1. Project # and or title. _____________________________________

2. Location _______________________________________________
3. Building _______________________________________________
4. Floor / room # __________________________________________

Start date _________________________________________________

Completion date (if known) __________________________________

Nominated staffs to conduct fire watch duties for this documentation.

Name: _____________________________________

Corporation No.: _____________________________________

Y N NA Time of inspection (24 hour clock)

Area secured. __________________

Comments:
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Date: __________________ Signature: ___________________________

Supervisor Signature: ____