Fire Watch for Retail Stores & Strip Malls

Fire Risks

• High combustible stock loads on racking and end caps
• Stockrooms, baler areas, and rear service corridors with accumulated packaging
• Electrical loads from refrigeration, lighting, and display equipment
• A single riser or alarm panel serving many separate tenant spaces
• Restaurant tenants with kitchen hood and grease hazards
• Shared attic, soffit, and demising wall void spaces
• Public occupancy with customers unfamiliar with exits

Compliance Requirements

• Retail occupancies must maintain fire watch while sprinklers or alarms are impaired
• Fire watch must cover sales floor, stockroom, mechanical areas, and every affected tenant space
• Landlord and tenants both have obligations during a shared system outage
• Interval-based patrols must be documented in a fire watch log recording each pass
• The fire department must be notified of the impairment

Benefits of Professional Fire Watch

• Stay open and trading instead of closing the store or center
• Keeps every tenant open and generating rent
• Neutral third-party documentation for landlord and tenant records
• Officers with keys and access coordinated in advance
• One digital log package covering the entire store or center

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