Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 8e45dce1-e1e7-4415-b1dd-7e2a610e545b
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2023/ML20231A835.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.189
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e brigade drills should be performed in the plant so that the fire brigade can practice as a team. Drills should be performed quarterly for each shift’s fire brigade. Each fire brigade member should participate in at least two drills annually. A sufficient number of these drills, but not less than one for each shift’s fire brigade per year, should be unannounced to determine the firefighting readiness of the plant’s fire brigade, brigade leader, and fire protection systems and equipment. Persons planning and authorizing an unannounced drill should ensure that the responding shift fire brigade members are not aware that a drill is being planned until it has begun. At least one drill per year should be performed on a “back shift” for each shift’s fire brigade. The licensee should preplan the drills to establish training objectives and critique them to determine how well the training objectives have been met. Members of the management staff responsible for plant safety and fire protection should plan and critique unannounced drills. Performance deficiencies of a fire brigade or of individual fire brigade members should be remedied by scheduling additional training for the brigade or members. Unsatisfactory drill performance should be followed by a repeat drill within 30 days. The local fire department should be invited to participate in drills at least annually. At 3-year intervals, qualified individuals independent of the licensee’s staff should critique a randomly selected unannounced drill. A copy of the written report from such individuals should be available for NRC inspection. Drills should include the following objectives: a. The effectiveness of the fire alarms; time required to notify and assemble the fire brigade; and selection, placement, and use of equipment and firefighting strategies should be assessed. DG-1359, Page 56 b. Each brigade member’s knowledge of his or her role in the firefighting strategy for the area assumed to contain the