Missing Fire Watch Policy During Fire Alarm Outage
Penalty
No penalty information released
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Summary
The facility failed to maintain required policies for the fire alarm system, specifically lacking a fire watch policy to implement in the event the fire alarm system was out of service for more than four hours in a 24-hour period. During a document review, it was found that there was no such policy available, which is necessary to ensure safety when the fire alarm system is not operational. This finding was confirmed during an interview with the Maintenance Supervisor and Director of Safety/Security.
Plan Of Correction
Fire watch policy in place. Facility will ensure policy is available for survey team during all inspections.