Fire Watch

---

Any required Fire Protection system (fire alarm, sprinkler, fire pump, etc) that is out of service for more than 4 hours and occupied is required to establish a fire watch. The person assigned to the fire watch this must be their only job duty during that time period and must be provided with a least one method of contacting the fire department in an emergency. In addition the building owner is required to have an impairment coordinator. The out of service equipment must be tagged and and out of service tag must be placed at the fire alarm panel and the fire department connection.

• Fire watch personnel are to keep a diligent watch for fires in the general area of the performance.  The persons performing the fire watch are not permitted to perform any other duties
• Fire watch personnel must be familiar with facilities and procedures for sounding an alarm in the event of a fire.  
• Fire watch personnel are to have fire extinguishing equipment readily available and be trained in its use, including practice on test fires.
• The quantity of personnel involved in the fire watch is to be adequate such that each floor, level, and room of the fire area is covered.

American Shield Private Security , Inc. and for the past 15 years in Security industry has been recognized as one of the most  reliable, responsible , accurate, effective company in providing a fire watch system in the Orange ,Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside County.

We respond as soon as possible and within less than sixty minutes, with as many as fire watch personal needed!  We provide all the required log books and equipments needed to conduct the job; we keep a good communications with the fire department and the client until the end of the assignments.