I still remember my first fire watch job. I WAS PETRIFIED! I had never worked in a power plant before (let alone a nuclear power plant) and Chase’s company needed one more fire watch.

At the time we were traveling without our camper and I had no work clothes. I ended up getting cheap clothes at Walmart and even mens work boots at Tractor Supply. I worked 6 days a week, 12 hour shifts for a little over two weeks and ended up making more in those two weeks than what I made in three months as a school teacher.

A fire watch is someone who monitors a job site when any type of heat/spark/hot work is present. They will stand back with a fire extinguisher to make sure nothing catches on fire. I know it sounds very intimidating, but it can be very boring. So far I have worked in two different nuclear plants and one chemical plant and I can say that fire watching is a blast, despite being boring.

I created in-depth YouTube videos on everything you need to know about fire watch. From the pay (last job I made $3,800 in 10 days) to how to find these jobs, training, what you will need and more.

We prefer jobs where you work a lot of hours for high pay, and then take off months at a time.