A burst pipe is rarely a quick and easy fix, and it’s the top cause of winter fire watch in Denver. When pipes burst, the water must be shut off to minimize flooding and water damage, leaving your commercial building,

Key points: Trained and certified fire safety professionals prevent, detect, and respond in the event of an emergency. This includes fighting small ignitions and activating evacuation. Below are the key components of fire watch evacuation duties. Your internal emergency response

Key points: As a healthcare facility, you’re required to complete periodic evacuation and drills to ensure your entire team knows how to respond in the event of emergency. You may also be required to staff “Standby Personnel” during all shifts.

Key points: In an effort to save time and money, you may consider dispatching one of your team members for fire monitoring. Or proactively getting a team member or two certified. However, there are many circumstances your team members can’t

Key points: If it’s your first time dispatching a fire monitor, you may not be sure how to set them up for success. Although trained and certified in detection, suppression, and response, each business, event, and scenario is unique. The

Key points: Temporary fire watch monitors do more than fulfill your compliance requirements. A trained and certified professional minimizes risk of loss within your building or business, including everything and everyone inside. Fire spreads fast, so you must think beyond

Key Points: High-rise buildings have higher occupancy, a greater distance to travel during evacuation, and more exits and entrances to monitor. Maybe even more stairwells per floor. To remain in compliance with local Fire Codes, you must tailor your high-rise

Key Points: If a contractor notifies you that the work they’re completing requires you to provide DFPC-compliant fire watch, you need to know who to call. You also need to know who to call if circumstances other than maintenance or

Key Points: A fire watch patrol log sheet verifies that you’ve met or exceeded your minimum compliance requirements. This includes continuous hot work monitoring and patrols, and patrols during your water outage, electrical outage, or any circumstance that renders your