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Fire Guards
For Impairments
In any occupancy, where a required fire protection system is out of service, a fire watch shall be maintained. Fire watch can be maintained by one or more persons holding an F-01 certificate of fitness for fire guard. The fire guard(s) is/are required to be immediately available when the system is out-of-service.
The number of fire guards depends on the location and the size of the area affected by the out-of-service fire protection system. A fire guard must be available to patrol all areas in which the fire protection system is out of service at least once every hour. No individual fire guard must patrol more than 50,000 square feet of building floor area. If coverage area is over 50,000 sq. ft. more than 1 fire guard must be assigned.
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