Templates / Permits
Hot works permit
Permit · Each job with a flame, sparks or heat
Asks for, issues and closes a permit for hot work; it stays open for at least 60 minutes of fire watch after the work stops.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- Fire Prevention on Construction Sites, Joint Code of Practice (10th edition), Hot work permits and fire watch
- HSE HSG250, Guidance on permit-to-work systems
The questions
The work
- Exact location
- Work to be done
- Equipment used (welding set, grinder, torch…)
Before work starts
- Combustibles removed or covered within 10 m
- Suitable extinguisher at the work
- Floors, walls and openings checked for hidden combustibles
- Fire watch arranged for the work and after it
- Detectors isolated only where agreed, and put back after
Receiver
- Person doing the work
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.