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Fire Prevention Plan
A fill-in fire prevention plan laid out the way OSHA 1910.39 describes it: your major fire hazards and how each is controlled, how waste and heat-producing equipment are managed, and who is responsible. Examples for a clinic are filled in; change them to match yours.
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Fire Prevention Plan
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Clinic and address
Plan contact (name, title)
Effective date
Covers the minimum elements of 29 CFR 1910.39(c). With 10 or fewer employees the plan may be communicated orally.
1. Major fire hazards, how they're handled and controlled
2. Controlling flammable and combustible waste (what, where, how often it's removed)
3. Maintaining safeguards on heat-producing equipment (devices, heaters, lamps, sterilizer)
4. People responsible
Maintains fire equipment and systems (name / title)
Controls fuel-source hazards (name / title)
5. Plan reviewed with each employee (fire hazards they're exposed to)
Approved by: ______________________ Date: ____________ Next review: ____________
When OSHA requires a fire prevention plan
Like the emergency action plan, a fire prevention plan is required when another OSHA standard calls for one, most often when your fire safety policy is to evacuate everyone rather than fight fires with extinguishers. It must be written, kept in the workplace and available to employees, unless you have 10 or fewer employees, in which case it may be communicated orally.
What the plan must include
- A list of all major fire hazards, proper handling and storage of hazardous materials, potential ignition sources and their control, and the fire protection equipment needed for each hazard.
- Procedures to control accumulations of flammable and combustible waste.
- Procedures for regular maintenance of safeguards on heat-producing equipment.
- The name or job title of the people responsible for maintaining fire equipment and systems, and for controlling fuel-source hazards.
- Employees must be told about the fire hazards they're exposed to when first assigned, and the parts of the plan they need to protect themselves reviewed with them.
Clinic-specific hazards worth listing
- Alcohol-based skin prep and hand sanitizer near lasers, cautery or other heat sources.
- Oxygen, which makes anything burn faster.
- Lasers and energy-based devices, which can ignite drapes, hair or vapors.
- Overloaded outlets and power strips behind treatment beds.
Questions
Is a fire prevention plan the same as an emergency action plan?
No. The emergency action plan covers what to do when there's an emergency: reporting, evacuating, accounting for people. The fire prevention plan covers preventing fires in the first place. OSHA usually requires both together.
Do we need fire extinguishers?
That depends on your building, local fire code and fire safety policy. Where extinguishers are provided for employees to use, OSHA requires monthly visual inspections, annual maintenance and training. Use our fire extinguisher inspection log to record them.
Sources
General guidance, not legal or medical advice. Requirements vary by state; follow your medical director and product labels.