Fire & Safety Watch
Our Fire and Safety Watch service ensures the highest level of oversight for hazardous work. Trained technicians act as dedicated safety observers, meeting regulatory standards and helping teams carry out work safely, confidently and without delays.
What is a Fire & Safety Watch?
Fire and Safety Watch provides trained personnel to monitor high-risk work and respond immediately in the event of an incident. Watchers are responsible for overseeing the safety of the worksite and everyone operating within or around it. This role is not passive; it’s a critical safety control.
Our team is trained to Unit Standard 17596 and equipped to act swiftly and appropriately if the need arises. Whether it’s a safety watch for confined space work or a fire watch during hot works, our team provides the assurance you need to meet both compliance and practical safety needs.
Are Fire & Safety Watchers right for you?
Common applications in commercial and industrial settings include:
- Jobs involving confined space entry, such as tank or vessel cleaning
- Work at height requiring harnesses or EWPs
- Projects involving hot works, including welding or grinding
- Tasks performed in high voltage areas or live plant environments
- Unattended and running, petrol or diesel equipment
- Work areas near roads or active traffic routes
- Sites where additional risk controls are required to meet permit or audit conditions
What are the benefits of a Fire & Safety Watch?
- Enables high-risk work to proceed safely and compliantly
- Reduces liability by having qualified safety oversight on site
- Ensures rapid response in emergencies
- Prevents internal teams being stretched or diverted from other responsibilities
- Provides peace of mind that critical safety roles are in experienced hands
Other service recommendations:
We recommend this service is accompanied by Permit Issuing, allowing you to streamline risk assessments, permits and safety watch coverage with one team.
Our process:
- We complete a detailed site assessment to understand hazards, risks and confirm that the service requested is best suited to your needs.
- Before photos of the area are taken to provide in the condition report on completion of the job.
- The work is undertaken by our team, ensuring all necessary precautions are taken and the correct PPE is worn.
- After photos of the area are taken and the final report of the work completed is written up by our technicians.
- Our report is uploaded to your customer portal for review and future audits.
Why work with us?
Our Fire and Safety Watch service is available in New Plymouth, Hawera and throughout the Taranaki region. Presco Environmental also support customers across Waikato, Auckland and the Lower North Island.
- Our team are fully trained and qualified technicians, see our qualifications
- We have flexible scheduling to suit your facility
- We are ISO certified, see our certifications
