Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 05a851a6-07ff-41b4-8528-a032ba433e04
Document Type: srp
Title: FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0327/ML032740044.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1
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ry fire hazards or hazards to the safe access to and egress from areas containing equipment important to safety. Operational and maintenance practices should include provisions for timely response and cleanup to spills of chemicals or flammable and combustible liquids; removal of waste, refuse, scrap and other combustibles resulting from daily operations and maintenance; and inspection of plant areas to verify that fire protection requirements are properly implemented. 5.5 Inspections, testing and surveillance The fire protection program should address the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems and features. Outages of fire protection systems and features should be controlled by a permit system. The procedures and practices for outages should establish appropriate compensatory actions for the fire protection system or feature that is out-of-service. Test plans should be established that provide for routine functional testing of fire protection systems and components. Fire barriers and installed assemblies and penetrations should be periodically inspected. Active fire barrier components such as fire dampers and doors should be functionally tested. The fire protection program should identify that fire protection system inspection, testing, and maintenance is performed by qualified personnel. Revision 4 - October 2003 23 Additional guidelines and criteria on the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection systems and features is provided in Regulatory Guide 1.189, Regulatory Position 2.4. 5.6 Compensatory measures and corrective actions for program deficiencies. The fire protection program should describe procedures and practices governing compensatory measures and corrective actions for fire protection systems and features that are out-of-service for maintenance, modification, or repair. The fire protection program should also address deficiencies in design of fire protection systems and features; deficiencies in procedures; and