Fire Plan.pdf

FIRE PRECAUTIONS. Specific fire precautionary measures are set forth below. Upon request of Forest Service, Contractor shall permit and provide an individual to assist in periodic testing and inspection of required fire equipment. Contractor shall promptly remedy deficiencies found through such inspecting and testing.

The following requirements shall apply during the Fire Season.

A. Fire Extinguishers and Tools Required with Equipment. Each unit of powered equipment used in connection with this contract shall be equipped with serviceable tools and fire extinguishers acceptable to Forest Service as follows:

1. STATIONARY EQUIPMENT. Examples include yarders, log loaders, Hahn

Harvester, stroke delimbers, roadside/landing based processors, whole tree chippers, rock crusher, asphalt plant, or other equipment working at fixed locations such as a landing or rock crushing site.

One - Fire extinguisher, dry chemical type of not less than 2.5-pound capacity with 4 B.C. or higher rating.

One - 5-gallon standard galvanized metal, fiber glass or rubberized backpack water container, with hand pump attached, to be filled at all times.

Weatherproofed tool box marked "FIRE ONLY," equipped with a hasp, kept sealed, and containing:

One - Axe, double bit, 3.5#

Two - Shovels (round point #0 lady or equal)

Two - Pulaskis

The tool box shall be mounted on equipment, if feasible, unless another location is agreed to in writing. The tool box shall be within 100 feet of the designated machine at all times when operating. Only one (1) tool box is required at each active fixed location site.

2. MOBILE EQUIPMENT. Examples include crawler tractors, rubber-tire skidders, soft-track skidders, forwarders, feller-bunchers, feller-processors, excavators, front-end loaders, back-hoes, scrapers, and motor graders.

a 4 B.C. or higher rating.

One - Shovel (round point #0 lady or equal). For equipping mobile equipment, an acceptable substitute is a "D-handle" round point shovel with a minimum 27-inch handle and a minimum 8- by 11-inch blade.

One - Axe, double bit, 3.5#, or one pulaski.

3. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. Examples include trucks, low-boys, busses, pickups, panels, automobiles, service trucks, or similar equipment used in transporting logs, people, equipment, and/or materials.

4 B.C. or higher rating

One - Shovel (round point #0 lady or equal)

One - Axe, 2# or over, 26-inch minimum length, or one pulaski

One - Bucket or similar water container (at least 1-gallon capacity)

4. POWER SAWS

One - Shovel (round point #0 lady or equal). Shovel shall be with gas containers and/or no more than 100 feet distance from where sawyer is working.

One - Fire extinguisher, containing not less than eight (8) ounces of extinguisher fluid or a dry chemical powder type of not less than one (1) pound capacity. The extinguisher shall be carried by the operator at all times.

Any fueling or refueling of a power saw shall only be done in an area which is free of or which has first been cleared of all material capable of carrying fire; such power saw shall be moved at least 10 feet from place of fueling before starting.

B. Fire Tools on Project Area. Contractor shall furnish and maintain in serviceable condition, in quantities and at locations to be designated by Forest Service, tool boxes, fire tools and other fire equipment to be used only for suppressing forest fires. Each tool box shall be weatherproofed and marked "TOOLS FOR FIRE ONLY" and kept sealed. These requirements are in addition to fire tool requirements for mobile, stationary, support or power saw equipment.

1. Special tool caches shall not be required when less than 20 people are employed on Project Area

2. Operations employing more than 20 individuals on Project Area, excluding truck drivers, shall furnish a tool cache with a minimum of one serviceable tool per person in the following configuration:

Axe, double bit, 3.5#, 10%

.Shovels (round point #0 lady or equal), 45%

Pulaskis, 45%

C. Spark Arresters. Each internal combustion engine shall be provided with a spark arrester or spark arresting device approved by Forest Service. Exceptions where Forest Service may approve mufflers or other equipment in lieu of spark arresters qualified and rated under Forest Service standard 5100-1a are: (a) small multi-position engines, such as chain saws, shall meet Society of Automotive Engineers J335b standards, (b) passenger-carrying vehicles and light trucks may have baffle-type muffler with tail pipe, (c) heavy-duty trucks may have a vertical stack exhaust system with muffler, provided the exhaust stack extends above the cab of the vehicle, (d) an exhaust driven turbocharger is considered to be a satisfactory spark arrester.

Internal combustion engine exhaust systems, arresters and other devices shall be properly installed and maintained.

D. Blasting. Fuse or prima cord shall not be used unless authorized in writing by Forest

Service, with special precautions stated.

E. Smoking. Smoking shall not be permitted within contract operations except on surfaced or dirt roads, at landings, within closed vehicles, in camps or at other posted places.

Smoking shall not be permitted while working or traveling on foot, within or through Project Area.

F. Precautions for Stoves. Stovepipes on all temporary buildings, trailers, and tents using wood-burning stoves shall be equipped with roof jacks and serviceable spark arresters of mesh with openings no larger than 5/8 inch. All stovepipes, inside and out, shall not be closer than two (2) feet from any wood or other flammable material or one (1) foot if the combustible material is protected by a metal or asbestos shield.

G. Debris Around Buildings. The grounds around buildings, tents and other structures shall be kept free of flammable material for a distance of at least 15 feet from the wall of such structures.

H. Storage of Petroleum and Other Highly Inflammable Products. Gasoline, oil, grease, or other highly flammable material shall be stored either in a separate building or at a site where all combustible debris and vegetation is cleared away within a radius of 25 feet. Fire extinguishers and/or sand barrels may be required at such locations specified by Forest Service when unusually hazardous conditions exist.

I. Debris Burning and Warming Fires. Burning permits shall be required throughout the year for all debris burning fires. Lunch and warming fires may be allowed in fireproofed areas during periods of low fire danger as specified in the fire plan. Such fires shall not be left unattended.

J. Emergency Measures. Additional measures and/or other special requirements necessary during periods of critical fire-weather conditions shall be included in the fire prevention and presuppression plan.

K. Welding. Welding and use of cutting torches or cutoff saws will be permitted only in areas that have been cleared or are free of all material capable of carrying fire. Flammable debris and vegetation must be removed from within a minimum 10-foot radius of all welding and cutting operations. A shovel and a 5-gallon standard backpack water container filled and with handpump attached shall be immediately available for use in the event of a fire start.