Pre-Fire Plan

The City of Watertown Fire Department utilizes a process known as "pre fire planning" to help increase safety when an incident arises within our jurisdiction. Pre fire planning is the process of gathering and recording information that could be critical for firefighters making life-saving decisions at an incident. Property and lives can be saved when firefighters have access to this critical information about the building and its contents.

To increase our readiness for possible emergency incidents in the community, our firefighters engage with businesses throughout the City of Watertown to develop pre fire plans. Pre fire plans are formatted to provide our firefighters with the ability to quickly reference the specific information they require to assist them with decision making at an incident. A pre fire plan identifies a buildings physical elements, their design and installation, site considerations, occupant hazards, and hazards to firefighters that could be expected to influence decisions made at an incident. The purpose of these plans is to record information about businesses in advance so that firefighters will know the best way to access the building and mitigate the conditions.

Please fill out the Pre-Fire Plan Form and submit or return it to the Watertown Fire Chief Tom Hanson at thanson@watertownmn.gov