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At First Choice Fire Watch Our professionals have the required experience, knowledge, skills and training to provide all your fire watch services. Hiring our company to handle your fire-related prevention and safety measures allows you to focus on your day-to-day tasks or operations to achieve your goals. We provide solutions when you need fire watch services in Austin,Tx and surrounding areas. Our company helps prevent fires and maintain safety at any location, including hospitals, residential areas, construction sites, business and shopping districts, event venues, power plants, oil refineries, and educational buildings.

We customize a plan suiting your needs, whether you want permanent or temporary services. We have around-the-clock availability to respond immediately if an emergency occurs.

A fire watch refers to the physical monitoring of a building and or specific area to identify evidence of fire, smoke, or other fire hazards. Fire watch service is required when an establishment's fire alarm, sprinkler, or other fire suppression system is off-line. Your fire control system provider may place a red tag on any inoperable equipment. This is also known as being "red tagged".  According to the NFPA 25, a fire watch is required if the system is impaired for more than 4 hours in a 24-hour period. In water-based fire protection systems, fire watches are required for impairments lasting 10 hours or more in a 24-hour period.

     A common misconception with fire watch requirements is that systems must be out of service for more than 4 consecutive hours before the requirement to implement a fire watch is invoked. However, this is not the case. The requirement applies when the sum of all outages in a 24-hour period exceeds more than 4 hours.  

Protecting lives and property are the main priorities in the fire watch business. Not only will a fire watch Safeguard your property and all occupants, having a fire watch present allows you to maintain operations to further build your business. Safe to say, businesses require fire protection to stay open. If a business does not adhere to local and state fire codes, they face severe penalties and can be shut down. A good way to protect your investment is to call a fire watch company right away. This will prevent any interruptions of your business, keep your property and all occupants safe!