A Fire Watch is a temporary measure intended to ensure continuous and systematic surveillance of an activity, building or portion thereof by one or more qualified individuals for the purposes of identifying and controlling fire hazards, detecting early signs of unwanted fire, raising an alarm of fire and notifying the fire department.
A Fire Watch will be established at the time of an incident call in which a fire system is required to be shut off. The Fire staff at the incident will collect the Responsible Party's name and email, and have them sign an electronic form to start the Fire Watch.
If your business has been placed on Fire Watch, please follow all procedures in City Specification 402, Fire Watch.
Fire Watch Procedure
The person performing Fire Watch shall be from a licensed security firm, registered as a security officer in the State of California who has a valid Huntington Beach business license, or who can provide an affidavit of qualifications approved by the Fire Code Official (see City Specification 402, Fire Watch, Section 5 Fire Watch Personnel). Approval of the affidavit will be via email.
If there are questions regarding Fire Watch, please contact the Community Risk Reduction Division at 714.536.5411.
City of Huntington Beach
Fire Department
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA
Phone: (714) 536-5411
Fax: (714) 374-1551
Email: