Hot Work Permit Issuance

Steps

• Verify designated area not available
  Hot work in a designated area (welding shop with fire-rated walls, no combustibles) does not require a permit. Permits apply only when work happens elsewhere.
• Pre-work area inspection
  Permit Authorizing Individual (PAI) inspects the area: combustibles within 35 ft removed or covered, floor swept, fire detection / suppression operational, walls and floors checked for hidden combustibles.
• Confirm fire watch coverage
  Assign trained fire watch with appropriate extinguisher (class A/B/C, or D for metal fires). Fire watch monitors during work and 30 min after.
• Issue and post permit
  PAI completes permit: location, work description, start/end times, fire watch name, special precautions. Permit posted at work area in plain view.
• Work begins under fire watch
  Welder/cutter performs work. Fire watch maintains visual on work area, has extinguisher ready, monitors for sparks / heat traveling.
• Post-work monitoring (30 min minimum)
  After work ceases, fire watch remains 30 min minimum (60 min in higher-risk occupancies). Look for smoldering, hot embers, smell of smoke. Probe walls behind work area.
• Close permit
  PAI returns to verify post-work monitoring completed. Permit signed off and filed. Area returned to normal status.