Hire Fire Watch Security Guards When Your Fire & Life Safety System Is Inoperable
Posted on: 23 June 2022
As the warehouse safety engineer, it is your responsibility to ensure that your facility is following all OSHA regulations and NFPA standards for fire and life safety. If any of your fire and life safety systems are faulty, you are obligated to utilize alternative forms of pre-fire prevention for the protection of the property and the employees.
If there's ever a time when your fire and life safety systems are inoperable, you'll need to hire a professional fire watch security guard. Contracting with a fire watch security guard service can keep your facility operational while your fire and life safety systems are being repaired as well as provide supplemental coverage in the future. Here's how:
What Does a Fire Watch Security Guard Do?
A fire watch security guard will regularly patrol your property at intervals determined by you and the local fire marshal. These guards are trained to look for risks and fire hazards. They will keep a log of the patrols they conduct as well as notify the proper authorities if they discover a potential fire hazard.
If there is a fire or a fire hazard, the fire watch security guard will evacuate the facility and could possibly use devices such as fire extinguishers or water hoses to handle the fire until the fire department can arrive. It's important to understand that fire watch security guards are not firemen. However, they do conduct their patrols and inspections according to a protocol given to them by the local fire marshal.
How Long Will the Fire Watch Security Guard Service Be Necessary?
The length of time to contract with the fire watch security guard service will depend primarily on when your fire and life safety systems will be fully operational based on the current standards and regulations. To prevent your facility from being shut down and/or fined, it would behoove you to continue contracting with the service until the proper authorities have determined that your fire and life safety systems are viable.
Should You Continue the Service After Your Systems Are Operational Again?
Ideally, you could continue contracting with the fire watch security guard service to provide minimal security services as a supplemental layer of protection even after your fire and life safety systems pass the standards and regulations. Your facility may benefit financially from having the additional supplemental fire watch coverage by reporting the inclusion of the service to your liability insurance coverage.
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