Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 2b0752f4-9104-408c-b400-d0ec931a3dbf
Document Type: srp
Title: FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350030.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1
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at are recognized or sponsored by the fire protection industry should be utilized. 4. Quality Assurance Program The quality assurance (QA) programs of applicants and contractors should ensure that the guidelines for design, procurement, installation, and testing and the administrative controls for the fire protection systems for safety-related areas are satisfied. The QA program should be under the management control of the QA organization. This control consists of (1) formulating a fire protection QA program that incorporates suitable requirements and .is acceptable to the management responsible for fire protection or verifying that the program incor- porates suitable requirements and is acceptable to the management responsible for fire protection, and (2) verifying the effectiveness of the QA program for fire protection through review, surveillance, and audits. Performance of other QA program functions for meeting the fire protection program requirements may be performed by personnel outside of the QA organization. The QA program for fire protection should be part of the overall plant QA program. It should satisfy the specific criteria listed below. a. Design and Procurement Document Control Measures should be established to ensure that the guidelines of the regulatory position of this guide are included in design and procurement documents and that deviations therefrom are controlled. b. Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings Inspections, tests, administrative controls, fire drills, and training that govern the fire protection program should be prescribed by documented instruc- tions, procedures, or drawings and should be accomplished in accordance with these documents. c. Control of Purchased Material, Equipment, and Services Measures should be established to ensure that purchased material, equipment, and services conform to the procurement documents. d. Inspection A program for independent inspection of activities affecting fire protection should be established