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Hot Works Permit Form

Control welding, cutting and grinding with a fire watch, isolation checks and a timed handback.

A ready-to-use facilities & property management form for small teams who need a reliable intake process: 25 questions, 3 pages, 6 conditional rules.

Questions
25
Pages
3
Layouts
classic
Conditional rules
6
Typical time
6 min
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Page 1 of 3Job and location

Hot works permit

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Who this template is for

Hot Works Permit Form is built for small teams who need a reliable intake process who need to collect the same complete information from everyone.

  • Small teams who need a reliable intake process working in facilities & property management.
  • Teams who need to collect the same complete information from everyone without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing chasing missing details over email with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are the people you send it to — the form asks them 25 questions across 3 screens.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of chasing missing details over email and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 18 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It accepts a document or photo upload as evidence.
  • It records a signature you can keep as proof of agreement.
  • It pins the request to a specific date.
  • It allows multiple selections without free text.
  • It captures a numeric value you can filter and sort on.
  • Conditional logic hides 6 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Splitting the form across 3 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Hot Works Permit Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Check the upload limits on the file question so respondents can attach what you actually need.
  5. 5Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  6. 6Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 6 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features advanced show logic: if “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Detector head reference”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, “Who authorised the isolation” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Time the detector will be reinstated”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Post-work inspection result” is Signs of heat, smoke or scorching, “Describe what was found” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Post-work inspection result” is Signs of heat, smoke or scorching, the form dynamically exposes “Photograph of the affected area”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Are combustible materials within 10 metres?” is Yes, “How the combustibles were protected” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • All 6 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Hot works cause fires hours after the tools have been packed away, which is why this permit is built around what happens after the job as much as during it. The operative names the equipment they will use — welding set, angle grinder, blowtorch, soldering iron — the exact location, and the surfaces involved, because a spark landing on a concrete slab is a different problem from one landing on a timber joist. The form then checks the physical preparation: combustible material moved or covered, the clearance radius actually measured, screens and fire blankets in place, and the extinguisher type present at the work position. If any smoke or heat detector has to be isolated for the job, the form asks which head, who authorised it and when it will be reinstated, so an isolation never gets forgotten at the fire panel. The fire watch is treated as a named duty with a person, a start time and a duration, followed by a post-work inspection recorded at a later timestamp with a second signature. If the operative reports smouldering, scorching or an unexpected smell, the form escalates to a description and a photograph rather than a tick.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — Job and location

  • Permit referencerequired
  • Related permit to work reference
  • Site or buildingrequired
  • Exact work positionrequired
  • Equipment being usedrequired
  • Description of the workrequired
  • Date of workrequired
  • Start timerequired

Page 2 — Fire precautions

  • Are combustible materials within 10 metres?required
  • How the combustibles were protected
  • Measured clearance radius (metres)required
  • Protection in placerequired
  • Extinguisher type at the work positionrequired
  • Does any detector need isolating?required
  • Detector head reference
  • Who authorised the isolation
  • Time the detector will be reinstated

Page 3 — Fire watch and closure

  • Fire watch personrequired
  • Fire watch duration (minutes)required
  • Work finished atrequired
  • Fire watch ended atrequired
  • Post-work inspection resultrequired
  • Describe what was found
  • Photograph of the affected area
  • Inspector signaturerequired

25 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 6 conditional rules, grouped into 5 behaviours driven by 3 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Does any detector need isolating?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, the form reveals “Detector head reference” and “Time the detector will be reinstated”.

  • Makes answers required

    If “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, “Who authorised the isolation” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Post-work inspection result

  • Makes answers required

    If “Post-work inspection result” is Signs of heat, smoke or scorching, “Describe what was found” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

  • Reveals questions

    If “Post-work inspection result” is Signs of heat, smoke or scorching, the form reveals “Photograph of the affected area”.

Driven by “Are combustible materials within 10 metres?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Are combustible materials within 10 metres?” is Yes, “How the combustibles were protected” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    Copy the template

    Rename it for the building or estate whose fire strategy it sits under.

  2. 2

    Set your fire watch minimum

    Change the default on Fire watch duration (minutes) to whatever your insurer requires — sixty minutes is a common floor.

  3. 3

    List your equipment

    Edit the Equipment being used options so operatives pick from the tools genuinely in use on your sites.

  4. 4

    Issue before the tools come out

    Send the link to the contractor, review the answers, and sign the issue section before any heat is applied.

  5. 5

    Complete the post-work check

    Reopen the submission after the fire watch ends to record the Post-work inspection result and the second signature.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Setting a fire watch shorter than the insurer's stated minimum.
  • Leaving combustible material within the clearance radius because nobody recorded the distance.
  • Forgetting to note that a detector head was covered — and then leaving it covered overnight.

What it pairs with

Most teams don't run this form on its own. These are the forms and systems it sits next to.

What to do with the responses

Give a copy to the operative, keep the detector-isolation answer visible to the fire panel operator, and close the record only once the post-work check has been signed.

Works in this layout

These pages cover the same subject ground as the hot works permit form, matched on the words people actually search for.

Frequently asked questions

How long should the fire watch last?

Set it to your insurer's requirement. The field accepts up to 240 minutes so a two-hour watch on high-risk work can be recorded rather than rounded down.

What if a detector must stay isolated overnight?

Record the reinstatement time honestly and flag it to the responsible person. The isolation questions only appear when a detector is isolated, so any submission showing them needs a closing action.

Can this run alongside a general permit to work?

Yes. Many sites raise the Permit to Work Form for the job and this one for the heat specifically; the permit reference field links the two.

Does a photograph have to be attached?

Only when the post-work inspection finds signs of heat, smoke or scorching. In that case the photo makes the follow-up investigation far quicker.

Who signs the post-work section?

Whoever physically carried out the final inspection, which is often not the person who did the hot work.

Is the Hot Works Permit Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Hot Works Permit Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Hot Works Permit Form template ask for?

It asks 25 questions across 3 pages, 18 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Hot Works Permit Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic layout, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this facilities & property management form work?

6 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Detector head reference”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features conditional validation: if “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, “Who authorised the isolation” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent. Features advanced show logic: if “Does any detector need isolating?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Time the detector will be reinstated”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Hot Works Permit Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Hot Works Permit Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

Can respondents upload files?

Yes. This template includes a file upload question, so respondents can attach documents or photos with their answers. You can adjust the accepted file types and size limits on that question.

Is the signature on this form legally usable?

The template captures a drawn signature and stores it with the submission, along with the timestamp, so you keep evidence of who agreed and when. Whether that is sufficient depends on your jurisdiction and the agreement itself.

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