The Hot Work Safety policy establishes and prescribes procedures that will assure compliance with all federal, state and local regulations applicable to hot work and reduce the number of incidents and losses associated with hot work fires. Nationwide there are an average of over 12,000 hot work fires with over $300 million in property damage and 30 deaths per year. The goal of Coastal Carolina University (CCU) is to prevent fires resulting from hot work operations in the construction, repair and maintenance of University property.