5. Hot Work Permit.pdf

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

HOT WORK

PERMIT

Date________________

Building______________________________________________

Location within building________________________________

Work to be done:

Special precautions:

Is a Fire Watch required?_______________________________

The location where this work is to be done has been examined, necessary precautions taken, and permission is granted for this work.

Permit expires___________________

Signed_______________________________

Permit authorized by

Time Started ___________________ Time completed ____________________

FINAL CHECK

Work area and all adjacent areas to which sparks and heat might have spread

(including floors above and below and on opposite side of walls were inspected

60 minutes after the work was completed and were found fire safe.

Signed______________________________

Approved by

ATTENTION

Before approving any hot work permit, the work area must be inspected to insure that it conforms with the precautions that have been required to prevent the potential for fire.

PRECAUTIONS

• Sprinklers in service

• Hot work equipment in good condition

WITHIN 35 FT OF WORK

• Floors swept clean of combustibles

• Combustible floors wet down, covered with damp sand, metal other shields

• All wall and floor openings covered

• Covers suspended beneath work to collect sparks

WORK ON WALLS OR CEILINGS

• Construction noncombustible and without combustible covering

• Combustibles moved away from opposite wall

WORKON ENCLOSED EQUIPMENT

(Tanks, containers, ducts, dust collectors etc.)

• Equipment cleaned of all combustibles

• Containers purged of flammable vapors

FIRE WATCH

• To be provided during and 60 minutes after operation

• Supplied with a fully charged and operable fire extinguisher

• Trained in use of equipment and sounding fire alarm

FINAL CHECK

• To be made 60 minutes after completion of any operation unless fire watch is provided

Signed __________________________________________________

Authorized by