Employees will not be required, nor allowed to perform any duties which involve "hot work" outside approved designated hot work areas without a Hot Work Permit.
To request a Hot Work Permit, call Service Operations Support, and a Life Safety Technician will be dispatched to the site.
Plan Ahead – have available and provide:
- your name,
- phone number,
- work order number,
- inspection location, and
- time needed prior to hot work activities.
For additional information, questions, or concerns reach out to Life Safety or the Occupational Health and Safety Office.
For a Sprinkler System Impairment call Service Operations Support, but this should be scheduled in advance and not the day of the impairment.
For more information, please go to ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë's Policy on Fire Safety.
Safe work practices due to the risk for fire, are best guided collaboratively between the Life Safety, the Fire Marshal and the Occupational Health and Safety Office.
Fire hazards and health hazards can be best managed by each department using the written tools found on their websites and scheduling time with the fire marshal for a consultation.
Hot Work Program
This written Hot Work Management Program is a means to analyze elevated work tasks and determine appropriate work practices to prevent injury, los of life, and fires or explosions that may result from "hot work" activities.