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HospitalityLearning the fire hazards of your post
On your first assignment in the hotel, your employer tells you the fire hazards you are exposed to and reviews with you the parts of the fire prevention plan you need to protect yourself. The plan works before any fire: the major hazards, storage, combustible waste, the safeguards on heat-producing equipment and who is responsible. It follows OSHA's federal rule for fire prevention plans.
Free to startScenarios
- A new employee on the first assignment: the employer explains the fire hazards of the job.
- A small hotel with 10 employees or fewer: the fire prevention plan may be communicated orally.
The steps
- Learn the fire hazards of your job, explained to you on your first assignment.
- Review with your employer the parts of the fire prevention plan you need for your own protection.
- Know where the written plan is kept, available for you to review.
- Know the major fire hazards on the plan's list, how hazardous materials are handled and stored, and the potential ignition sources and how they are controlled.
- Know the fire protection equipment set to control each major hazard.
- Follow the procedures that keep flammable and combustible waste from piling up.
- Know the regular maintenance of the safeguards on heat-producing equipment that prevent accidental ignition.
- Know the name or job title of who maintains the equipment that prevents or controls ignition sources, and of who controls fuel source hazards.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Flammable and combustible waste is never left to pile up: the plan sets the procedures to control it.
To pass
- The fire prevention plan is in writing, kept at the workplace and available to employees; with 10 or fewer employees it may be oral.
- It includes the hazard list, waste control, maintenance of safeguards and the people responsible for ignition sources and fuel source hazards.
- The employer informed the employee of the fire hazards on the first assignment.
Official source
Federal · OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.39
29 CFR 1910.39, Fire prevention plans
GovInfo publishes 29 CFR 1910.39 free: the minimum elements of a fire prevention plan and what each employee must be told.
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