Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008 · As enacted · Part V · Hot-Work Permit System
35. Fire watchman
Feedback & supportWhere any hot-work is carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour, it shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that a person who has been trained in fire fighting is appointed as a fire watchman.
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the fire watchman is provided with suitable and adequate fire fighting equipment.
It shall be the duty of the fire watchman —
to keep watch over the area in which the hot-work is being carried out and the surroundings thereof for any fire throughout the duration of the hot-work; and
in the event of a fire breaking out, to extinguish or control the fire if it is within his means to do so and if not, to immediately report the fire to the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
Subregulation 1
Where any hot-work is carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour, it shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that a person who has been trained in fire fighting is appointed as a fire watchman.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the fire watchman is provided with suitable and adequate fire fighting equipment.
Subregulation 3
It shall be the duty of the fire watchman —
to keep watch over the area in which the hot-work is being carried out and the surroundings thereof for any fire throughout the duration of the hot-work; and
in the event of a fire breaking out, to extinguish or control the fire if it is within his means to do so and if not, to immediately report the fire to the Singapore Civil Defence Force.