Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 63e0a936-4110-4a3f-94c4-d81f3a54165f
Document Type: srp
Title: TRAINING FOR NON-LICENSED PLANT STAFF
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070636.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.2.2
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o-year period. These sessions may be concurrent with the regular planned meetings. ii. Practice Practice sessions shall be held for each shift fire brigade on the proper method of fighting the various types of fires that could occur in a nuclear power plant. These sessions shall provide brigade members with experience in actual fire extinguishment and the use of emergency breathing apparatus under strenuous conditions encountered in firefighting. These practice sessions shall be provided at least once per year for each fire brigade member. iii. Drills a. Fire brigade drills shall be performed in the plant so that the fire brigade can practice as a team. b. Drills shall be performed at regular intervals not to exceed 3 months for each shift fire brigade. Each fire brigade member should participate in each drill, but must participate in at least two drills per year. A sufficient number of these drills, but not less than one for each shift fire brigade per year, shall be unannounced to determine the firefighting readiness of the plant fire brigade, brigade leader, and fire protection systems and equipment. Persons planning and authorizing an unannounced drill shall ensure that the responding shift fire brigade members are not aware that a drill is being planned until it is begun. Unannounced drills shall not be scheduled closer than four weeks. At least one drill per year shall be performed on a "back shift" for each shift fire brigade. c. The drills shall be pre-planned to establish the training objectives of the drill and shall be critiqued to determine how well the training objectives have been met. Unannounced drills shall be planned and critiqued by members of the management staff responsible for plant safety and fire protection. Performance deficiencies of a fire brigade or of individual fire brigade members shall be remedied by scheduling additional training for the brigade or members. Unsatisfactory drill performance shall be followed by a repeat drill within