C04_03__fire plan Bighorn Retreat.pdf

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FIRE PLAN

Pike and San Isabel National Forests

__South Platte_____________ RANGER DISTRICT

Contractor

Contract Name and Contract Number:

Purpose: The timber purchaser's responsibilities for fire prevention and suppression are stated in the contract specified above. The purpose of this plan is to implement the claus of said contract and to establish an attack procedure in case a fire does occur.

Objective: To suppress all fires within the contract area boundary and all fires caused by Contractors

Operations outside the sale area.

I. Action Plan:

REPORT ALL FIRES TO PUEBLO FIRE DISPATCH or 911

24 – HOUR PHONE # IS 719-553-1600 or 911

The contractor will, within the scope of the Contract and this plan:

A. WITHIN THE CONTRACT AREA BOUNDARY

1. Take initial action to suppress ALL fires discovered by or reported to them and to promptly REPORT ALL fires to the Forest Service.

2. Supply personnel and equipment for fire control purposes upon request by the Forest Service.

B. OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT AREA BOUNDARY

1. Take initial action to suppress all fires caused from PURCHASER'S

OPERATIONS. Promptly REPORT all other fires to the Forest Service.

2. Supply personnel and equipment for fire control purposes upon request by the Forest Service.

II. Purchaser's Representative

The following representatives of the purchaser are responsible for purchaser fire control action and are designated to be notified in case of fire.

Phone Number

NAME (call order) Location Work / Home

III. Forest Service Representatives

The following Forest Service employees are responsible for Forest Service action and are authorized to request help from the purchaser's representative.

_____South Platte_______________________________ RANGER DISTRICT

Name Title Work Cell Phone

Mateo Pacheco Fire Mgmt Officer 505 366 7225

Jay Karle Assistant Fire Mgmt Officer 720 661 5671

Richard Walley COR 720 389 9220

Keith Brugger CO

IV. Company Men Available

Probable maximum number of men available Woods Crew

Mill Crew

Breakdown by Qualifications:

Equipment Operators

Patrol Operators

Truck Drivers

Chain Saw Operators

Fire Fighters

Others

Company Equipment Available for Fire Fighting

$/Rate 2/

Equipment Make & Model Size Hour/Day

2/ May reference rental agreement if one is in effect.

SUMMARY:

Nothing in this plan has any force or effect in changing any of the conditions of the Contract to which the plan applies.

Effective through term of contract unless extended as noted at the bottom of this page (date)

SIGNATURE AND DATE:

Prepared by:

Title:

Date:

FIRE SUPPRESSION AND LIABILITY (MAY 2014)

(a) Contractor's Responsibility for Fire Fighting. The Contractor, under the provisions of FAR clause

52.236-9, Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements, shall immediately extinguish all fires on the work site other than those fires in use as a part of the work. The

Contractor may be held liable for all damages and for all costs incurred by the Government for labor, subsistence, equipment, supplies, and transportation deemed necessary to control or suppress a fire set or caused by the Contractor or the Contractor's agents or employees subject to the following fire classifications:

(b) Fire Suppression Costs. The Contractor's obligations for cost of fire suppression vary according to(3) three classifications of fires as follows:

(1) Operations Fire. An “operations fire” is a fire caused by the Contractor's operations other than a negligent Fire. The Contractor agrees to reimburse Forest Service for such cost for each operations fire, subject to a maximum of the dollar amount of $ 2,800 The cost of the Contractor's actions, supplies, and equipment on any such fire, or otherwise provided at the request of Forest Service, shall be credited toward such maximum. If the Contractor's actual cost exceeds contractor's obligation stated above, Forest Service shall reimburse the contractor for the excess.

(2) Negligent Fire. A “negligent fire” is a fire caused by the negligence or fault of the

Contractor's operations including, but not limited to, one caused by smoking by persons engaged in the

Contractor's operations during the course of their employment, or during rest or lunch periods; or if the

Contractor's failure to comply with requirements under this contract results in a fire starting or permits a fire to spread. Damages and the cost of suppressing negligent fires shall be borne by the Contractor.

(3) Other Fires on Contract Area. Forest Service shall pay the Contractor, at firefighting rates common in the area or at prior agreed rates, for equipment or personnel furnished by the Contractor at the request of Forest Service, on any fire on contract area other than an operations fire or a negligent fire.

(c) Contractor's Responsibility for Notification in Case of Fire. The Contractor shall immediately notify the

Government of any fires sighted on or in the vicinity of the work site.

(d) Contractor's Responsibility for Responding to Emergencies. When directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall temporarily redirect employees and equipment from the work site for emergency work (anticipated to be restricted to firefighting). This is considered to be within the general scope of the contract. An equitable adjustment for any such redirection of employees and equipment will be made under the CHANGES clause, FAR 52.243-4.

(e) Performance by the Contractor. Where the Contractor's employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors, or their employees or agents perform the Contractor's operations in connection with fire responsibilities, the Contractor's obligations shall be the same as if performance was by Contractor.

(f) State Law. The Contractor shall not be relieved by the terms of this contact of any liability to the United

States for fire suppression costs recovered in an action based on State law, except for such costs resulting from operations fires. Amounts due to the Contractor for firefighting expenditures on operations fires shall not be withheld pending settlement of any such claim or action based on State law.

12. FIRE PRECAUTIONS AND CONTROL

The Fire Precautionary Period is annually January 1st to December 31st inclusive. The CO may change the dates of the Fire Precautionary Period by advanced written notice if justified by unusual weather or other conditions.

Equitable Adjustment will not be granted for a change in the Fire Precautionary Period dates. Required tools and equipment shall be kept in a serviceable condition and immediately available for firefighting at all times during the Contractor’s operations in the Fire Precautionary Period or as otherwise required.

SPECIFIED FIRE PRECAUTIONS

Commented [AIF1]: Insert appropriate value.

Prior to initiating the Contractor’s operations during the Fire Precautionary Period, the Contractor shall file with the Government a Fire Prevention and Control Plan providing for the prevention and the control of fires on the

Contract Area and other areas of the Contractor’s operations. Such plan shall include a detailed list of personnel and equipment at the Contractor’s disposal for implementing the plan.

(a) SMOKING AND LUNCH FIRES. Smoking is prohibited except inside a building, developed recreation site, vehicle, or while seated in an area of at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or clear of all flammable materials.

The building of camp, lunch, warming and other fires within the Contract Area and vicinity is prohibited, except at established camps, or at other safe places where all flammable material has been cleared away sufficiently to prevent the start and spread of wildfires. The Government may, upon written request of the Contractor, designate specific places where campfires may be built for purposes of heating lunches.

(b) SPARK ARRESTER AND MUFFLERS. Operating or using any internal combustion engine, on any timber, brush, or grass covered land, including trails and road traversing such land, without a spark arrester, maintained in effective working order, meeting either:

(1) Department of Agriculture, Forest Service standard 5100, “SPARK ARRESTERS FOR INTERNAL

COMBUSTION ENGINES,” (current edition); or

(2) The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practices J335, “MULTIPOSITION SMALL

ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM FIRE IGNITION SUPPRESSION,” (current revision) and J350, 36 CFR

261.52(j), is prohibited.

Passenger carrying vehicles, pickups, medium and large highway trucks (80,000 GVW) will be equipped with a factory designated muffler system which is specified for the make and model of the respective vehicle/truck or with a muffler system that is equivalent or that exceeds factory specifications. Exhaust systems shall be properly installed and continually maintained in serviceable condition.

(c) FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND TOOLS ON EQUIPMENT. While in use, each internal combustion engine including tractors, trucks, yarders, loaders, welders, generators, stationary engines, or comparable powered equipment shall be provided with at least the following:

(1) 1 fire extinguisher, at least 5#ABC with an Underwriters Laboratory (UL) rating of 3A – 40BC, or greater

(2) 1 shovel, sharp, size O or larger, round-pointed with an overall length of at least 48 inches

(3) 1 axe, sharp, double bit 3-1/2#, or 1 sharp Pulaski Extinguishers, shovels, axes, and Pulaskis shall be mounted so as to be readily available from the ground. All tools shall be maintained in a serviceable condition.

(d) POWER SAWS. Each gasoline engine power saw shall be provided with 1 chemical-pressurized fire extinguisher of not less than 8-ounce capacity by weight, and 1 size O or larger, round-pointed shovel with an overall length of at least 48 inches. The extinguisher, and shovel shall be maintained in good working order. The extinguisher shall be with the power saw operator and immediately available for use at all times. The extinguisher shall not be affixed to the saw. The shovel shall be readily available to the operator of the saw at all times. Having the shovel with the gas can used to refuel the saw may be considered "readily available" if not more than 200 feet from the saw. During periods of critical fire danger, the Government may prescribe other precautionary measures.

Any fueling or refueling of a power saw shall be done in an area which has first been cleared of material which will carry fire. The power saw shall be moved at least 10 feet from the place of fueling or refueling before starting.

(e) BLASTING AND WELDING. The use of fuses in blasting shall not be permitted except near power lines where the danger of accidental detonation is present, and then only by special written permission of the

Government. Whenever the relative humidity falls below 50%, the Contractor shall place a watchman at each point where blasting is done who shall remain on duty for at least one hour after blasting is finished, and who shall be equipped with a shovel and a water-filled backpack can equipped with hand pump. During periods when the relative humidity falls below 20%, blasting shall be discontinued unless authorized, with special provisions, in writing by the Government. Blasting shall not be permitted in any area not cleared to mineral soil without advance written approval of the Government and with such special precautions as may be required.

Prima Cord shall not be used in clearing operations, and in other areas where timber has been felled and slash not burned.

Unless otherwise directed in writing by the Government, all flammable material shall be cleared for 10 feet around any piece of equipment being welded. In addition, the Contractor shall provide a fire extinguisher of a size and type designed to extinguish a fire in the flammable materials surrounding the spot being welded.

In order to determine the relative humidity, the Contractor shall either:

(1) Provide and maintain weather instruments, which will measure relative humidity, in the area where blasting will occur; or

(2) Provide communications to obtain weather data from the Government.

Explosives shall be stored at all times in a locked box marked "Explosives”. Powder and blasting caps shall be stored in separate boxes.

(f) STORAGE OF FLAMMABLES. Gasoline, oil, grease and other highly flammable material shall be stored either in a separate building, or at a site where all debris is cleared within a radius of 25 feet. Storage buildings or sites shall be a minimum distance of 50 feet from other structures. Storage buildings shall be adequately posted to warn of the flammables and to prohibit smoking in or around the building.

(g) CAMP FIRE PROTECTION. The grounds around all trailers, buildings, other facilities constructed or placed on or near the Contract Area shall be kept free of flammable material for a distance of at least 20 feet from the wall of such structure. Burning of such flammable material shall be as prescribed by the Government in writing.

Stovepipes of all wood burning stoves shall be equipped with suitable roof jacks and serviceable spark arresters.

Stovepipes shall be no closer than 2 feet from any wood or other flammables unless adequately protected by metal or asbestos shield.