Fire Safety Guide 10 - Main Guideline Part 1 e

The purpose of these guidelines is to gather knowledge and experience of fire prevention measures in connection with the performance of hot work in one comprehensive publication which provides the business community with technical operational guidance while also creating a shared basis for training of performing craftsmen. These guidelines describe the tasks to be performed by the person ordering hot work, the contractor as well as the individual performing the hot work. The tasks include those before, during and after hot work is performed. Moreover, a description of the organisation of the place of work is provided.

Hot work is a term covering work using tools generating heat or in which work involving or producing flames, sparks and flammable heating is performed. Hot work is performed e.g. in connection with roofing, welding, cutting, soldering, drying, heating and weed burning, but can also occur in other processes.

If you follow these guidelines and comply with all requirements specified in the guidelines, it is the view of DBI Dansk Brand- og sikringsteknisk Institut (DBI Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology) that a satisfactory level of safety is achieved. Where derogations are made from these guidelines, this should be agreed by all parties involved. It should be noted that it may be possible to document a similar level of safety in other ways.

These guidelines comprise two parts. Part 1, Main Guideline and Part 2, Practical Planning and Execution.

Hot work may be divided into three main groups:
- Hot work performed during roofing
- Hot work performed using heat and spark-inducing tools
- Hot work performed during weed burning

Part 2 comprises general measures applicable to all three main groups as well as sections containing specific measures applicable to the individual main group.

By way of a supplement to these guidelines, guidelines and training material have been prepared for each of these three main groups.