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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requirements. 1.6.4 Fire Brigade Training and Qualifications The fire brigade training program should establish and maintain the capability to fight credible and challenging fires. The program should consist of initial classroom instruction followed by periodic classroom instruction, firefighting practice, and fire drills (see Regulatory Position 3.5.1.4 for drill guidance). Numerous NFPA standards provide guidelines applicable to the training of fire brigades. The NRC staff considers the training recommendations of NFPA 600, “Standard on Industrial Fire Brigades” (Ref. 42), including the applicable NFPA publications referenced in NFPA 600, to be appropriate criteria for training the plant fire brigade. The licensee may also use NFPA 1410, “Standard on Training for Initial Emergency Scene Operations” (Ref. 43), and NFPA 1500, “Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program” (Ref. 44), as appropriate. The licensee may use the NFPA booklets and pamphlets listed in NFPA 600, as applicable, for training references and should use courses in fire prevention and fire suppression that are recognized or sponsored by the fire protection industry. 1.6.4.1 Qualifications The brigade leader and at least two brigade members should have sufficient training in or knowledge of plant systems to understand the effects of fire and fire suppressants on safe-shutdown capability. The brigade leader should be competent to assess the potential safety consequences of a fire and advise control room personnel. Such competence by the brigade leader may be evidenced by possession of an operator’s license or equivalent knowledge of plant systems. Nuclear power plants staffed with a dedicated professional fire department may use a fire team advisor to assess the potential safety consequences of a fire and advise the control room and incident commander. The fire team advisor should possess an operator’s license or equivalent knowledge of plant systems and be