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This document discusses the duties and responsibilities of fire watches. It outlines that a fire watch should recognize how to prevent and extinguish fires, monitor hot work, and describe firefighting procedures. The document contains figures illustrating fire watches keeping areas damp and standing by with hoses during hot work to ensure worker safety.

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Fire Watcher

This document discusses the duties and responsibilities of fire watches. It outlines that a fire watch should recognize how to prevent and extinguish fires, monitor hot work, and describe firefighting procedures. The document contains figures illustrating fire watches keeping areas damp and standing by with hoses during hot work to ensure worker safety.

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Module 5: Fire Protection

5.2 Fire Watches


Susan Harwood Grant Number SH-17820-08-60-F-23
This material was produced under grant
number SH-17820-08-60-F-23 from the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
It does not necessarily reflect the views or
polices of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor
does mention of trade names, commercial
products, or organizations imply
endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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Describe the duties for a fire watch
Recognize how to prevent and extinguish
fires
Explain the steps for monitoring hot work
Describe fire fighting procedures
Outline personal protective equipment
Review training of a fire watch

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Define the look out responsibilities
Identify the signs of fire
State methods to extinguishing fires quickly
Indicate how to be focused on areas of fire
watches
Outline the duties of the fire watch

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Figure 1 Fire watch keeping area damp to prevent flare ups 6
Figure 2 Applying water to maintain safety of workers in the compartment 7
Figure 3 Fire watch on bank keeping bank wet with water 8
Figure 4 Cutters waiting for hot work above to be completed 9
Figure 5 Fire watch on lower compartment standing by 10
Figure 6 Hot work inside compartment 11
Figure 7 Fire team communicating with entry team 12
Figure 8 Team leader checking around external area 13
Figure 9 Fire suppression water being applied 14
Figure 10 Insulation in a freezer compartment 15
Figure 11 Molten steel from hot work inside compartment 16
Figure 12 Double fire watch during hot work on beam 17
Figure 13 Cutting cargo compartment with torches 18
Figure 14 Fire crews dressing out 19
Figure 15 Gasoline fire in test condition 20
Figure 16 Slag hitting ground from hot work 21
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Figure 17 Hot work on propeller 23
Figure 18 Close up view of slag flying from torch 24
Figure 19 Fire extinguisher test 25
Figure 20 Two personnel are training with fire extinguishers 26
Figure 21 Fire watch watching cutter and hoses 27
Figure 22 Trained fire watch crew monitoring hot work in compartment 28
Figure 23 Fire watch with charged fire hose 29
Figure 24 Shows the barriers between compartments 30
Figure 25 Surveying below decks prior to hot work 31
Figure 26 Personnel exiting the vessel 32
Figure 27 Water application on bank to reduce fires 33
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Worker safety is a priority.

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