Reference the latest requirements to help support safer and more effective operation of facility fire brigades.

A primary concern of the facility fire protection industry is safeguarding people and property in the workplace from fire-related occupational dangers. NFPA 600, Standard on Facility Fire Brigades, helps ensure facility fire brigades responsible for preventing and responding to hazards and conditions existing within a particular facility are organized and prepared to deal with protection challenges in all types of environments.

The standard offers comprehensive criteria for organizing, operating, training, and equipping fire brigades in both industrial and non-industrial settings. NFPA 600 also specifies provisions for the health and safety of brigade members and any other dedicated groups of personnel responsible for responding to fires within a facility.

Content covers performing incipient stage and advanced exterior and interior structural fire fighting and other fire brigade fundamentals, such as:

• Standard operating procedures
• Drills and education
• Risk management policies
• Incident management systems
• Organization-wide responsibilities
• Brigade equipment and apparatus
• Medical and physical job requirements
• Personal protective equipment

The 2025 edition features:

• Clarifications to the limits of incipient level facility fire brigades to account for the use of fixed master streams while not being in the hot or warm zones.
• Additionally, reference has been made to NFPA 1550 for industry best practices with exposure control and mental health awareness.