Fire Prevention Program
$25.00
The Fire Prevention Program establishes requirements for preventing workplace fires and protecting employees, property, equipment, and operations from fire hazards. Effective fire prevention begins with identifying potential ignition sources, controlling combustible and flammable materials, maintaining good housekeeping, and ensuring employees understand the fire hazards associated with their work. The program establishes safe practices for preventing fires involving electrical equipment, hot work, flammable and combustible liquids, compressed gases, temporary heating equipment, smoking, and other potential ignition sources.
The program addresses fire prevention planning, fire extinguishers, emergency exits, combustible material storage, flammable liquids, ignition-source control, electrical fire hazards, hot work, welding and cutting, housekeeping, smoking restrictions, and emergency response. Employees must keep exits and access to firefighting equipment unobstructed, properly store combustible and flammable materials, control accumulations of waste and debris, and immediately report fire hazards or unsafe conditions. Fire extinguishers must be properly located, accessible, inspected, and maintained, and employees expected to use them must receive appropriate training. The Fire Prevention Program also addresses employee responsibilities, inspections, training, and corrective actions to reduce the likelihood of workplace fires and support effective emergency preparedness.
Description
The Fire Prevention Program provides a structured framework for identifying and controlling conditions that could contribute to workplace fires. It establishes responsibilities for management, supervisors, and employees and addresses fire-hazard recognition, ignition-source control, combustible-material management, housekeeping, fire-protection equipment, inspections, and coordination with emergency procedures.
The program addresses flammable and combustible liquids, combustible materials and waste, electrical equipment, hot work and welding, compressed gases, temporary heating equipment, smoking restrictions, fire extinguishers, emergency exits, ignition sources, housekeeping, inspections, and emergency response. It also establishes practices for maintaining clear access to exits and firefighting equipment, controlling accumulations of combustible materials, correcting identified fire hazards, and ensuring employees authorized or expected to use portable fire extinguishers receive appropriate instruction and training.
Provided in editable Microsoft Word format, the program can be customized for your company’s facilities, operations, fire hazards, combustible and flammable materials, fire-protection equipment, and employee responsibilities. It can be incorporated into a comprehensive Safety Manual or used as a standalone Fire Prevention Program.
