What should a fire watch log include?

Why the log is the watch

To the fire marshal and the insurer, a watch that is not written down did not happen. The log is the evidence that the building kept its promise while the system was down: that rounds were walked at the interval, that the areas were covered, that the exits and extinguishers were checked, that someone was there every hour. An inspector who arrives on the third day reads it; an adjuster who arrives a year later reads it. Price Protection keeps one on every watch and hands the original to the coordinator.

The header

The building and its address. The system impaired, or the hot work and its permit number. The date and time the impairment began or the work started. The conditions set by the fire marshal, the coordinator or the permit: the interval, the areas, the alarm method. The coordinator’s name and number. The officer’s name and registration number.

The entries

For every round: the time, the floors or areas walked, the exits and equipment checked, the conditions found, the officer’s initials. For every event between rounds: a hazard corrected, a contractor’s zone change, a call to the coordinator or the fire department, a false alarm. For every change of officer: a handover entry with both names and the time. Entries are made as they happen, in ink or in the electronic log, never reconstructed later.

The close

The restoration of the system and its test, or the end of the hot work and the post-work period, with the time, the officer’s signature and the coordinator’s or permit holder’s. The original goes to the building’s impairment file; Price Protection keeps a copy. The fire watch log template reproduces the structure, and the log inspection article shows what an inspector looks for.