Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 16c1145e-ffe2-48c4-bd44-0ccaeb83dc99
Document Type: srp
Title: FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070563.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1
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e Detector - a device that detects the visible or invisible products of combustion. Flame Detector - a device that detects the infrared, ultraviolet, or visible radiation produced by a fire. Line-Type Detector - a device in which detection is continuous along a path, e.g., fixed-temperature, heat-sensitive cable and rate-of-rise pneumatic tubing detectors. Fire Protection Program - the integrated effort involving components, procedures, and personnel utilized in carrying out all activities of fire protection. It includes system and facility design, fire prevention, fire detection, annunciation, confinement, suppression, administrative controls, fire brigade organization, inspection and maintenance, training, quality assurance, and testing. Fire Resistance Rating - The time that materials or assemblies have withstood a fire exposure as established in accordance with the test procedures of "Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials" (NFPA 251) (Reference 31) . 70 71 Fire Suppression - control and extinguishing of fires (firefighting). Manual fire suppression is the use of hoses, portable extinguishers, or manually-actuated fixed systems by plant personnel. Automatic fire suppression is the use of automatically actuated fixed systems such as water, Halon, or carbon dioxide systems. DRAFT Rev. 4 - April 1996 9.5.1-18 Fire Zones - the subdivisions of fire areas in which the fire suppression systems are designed to combat particular types of fires. Noncombustible Material a. A material which in the form in which it is used and under the conditions anticipated, will not ignite, burn, support combustion, or release flammable vapors when subjected to fire or heat. b. Material having a structural base of noncombustible material, as defined in a., above, with a surfacing not over 3.2 mm (1/8-inch) thick that has a flame spread rating not 72 higher than 50 when measured using ASTM E-84 (Reference 55) Test "Surface 73 Burning Characteristics of