A Maine elementary school has run a fire watch for weeks after a power surge killed its alarm panel. Here's when that rule applies to you.

A Milwaukee alarm and electrical failure forced an evacuation. Learn when a dead fire alarm requires only a fire watch instead, per NFPA 72.

NFPA 25 gives a sprinkler outage 10 hours and an alarm outage 4 hours before a fire watch is required. Here's how the clock works and what a guard does.

A suspected lightning strike destroyed a Kansas apartment complex. See when NFPA 101 requires a fire watch on the buildings next door.

A Syracuse middle school fire raises the evacuate-or-watch question. Learn when NFPA 101 forces a documented fire watch after a school incident.

Who can stand a fire watch? See how AHJ approval, training, dedicated coverage, and local licensing decide whether your employee or a contract guard qualifies.

A South Bend construction site fire is under investigation with a crane still to be removed. Learn when NFPA 241 requires a fire watch during that gap.

A custodian found beeping alarm panels at 20+ Antioch schools. Learn when a failed fire alarm legally requires a fire watch.

No single code sets a fire watch interval. Learn who actually sets the clock, the route math behind staffing, and how to document it before the watch starts.

A Wisconsin apartment fire with no sprinklers shows when NFPA 101 forces an evacuate-or-watch call and what happens next.

A fatal Fort Worth welding explosion shows when NFPA 51B and OSHA require a hot-work fire watch, the 35-foot rule, and the post-work window.

A fire marshal's order means nothing without a written fire watch checklist. Here's what belongs on it, and why guards fail without one.