Fire Protection for Power Plants
Highlights | Optional Nuclear Course | Schedule | Instructors | Register

This course has been presented to the public since 1977. It is designed to provide utility operating personnel, power plant designers, and other interested parties with a basic understanding of the concepts, hardware and functions of fire protection as they apply to the electric power generating industry. This understanding is the starting point for providing and maintaining appropriate fire protection for power plants.

The three-day course is followed by an optional fourth-day session devoted to the history of fire protection regulations for nuclear power plants. Please see the following detailed information about the course for all necessary information.

Course Highlights

Information will be presented on the following important fire protection areas:

Fire Protection Principles

• Chemistry & Physics of Fire
• Fire Detection Systems
• Fire Suppression Systems
• Passive Fire Protection
• Life Safety Requirements
• Fire Emergency Planning
• Industrial Fire Hazards

Power Plant Fire Hazards & Protection

• Turbines/Generators
• Electrical Equipment/Auxiliaries
• Grouped Electrical Cables
• Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Gas- & Oil-Fired Power Plants
• Hydroelectric Power Plants
• Combustion Turbines
• Green power alternatives

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Optional Nuclear Course

The following information on fire protection for nuclear power plants will be presented on the optional 4th day:

• NRC Requirements (Past, Present and Future)
• Appendix R Requirements
• Current Fire Protection Issues
• Plant Specific Hazards (PWR and BWR)

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Schedule

WHEN	Conventional Power Plants	Nuclear Power Plant Option
	April 23 - 25, 2012	April 26, 2012
	August 13 - 15, 2012	Aug 16, 2012
	Dec 3 - 5, 2012	Dec 6, 2012
WHERE	Crown Plaza Hotel 401 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
COST & TERMS	$1095 for the 3-day course (Excluding travel and living expenses)
	$1,395 for the 4-day course (Excluding travel and living expenses)

For more details or to register for the seminar, please call our training division at (865) 376-1131. Please make your check payable to HSB Professional Loss Control, P.O. Box 585, Kingston, Tennessee 37763.

For On-Line Registration: click here.

HSB Professional Loss Control has reserved a block of guest rooms for course participants at the Crown Plaza at a group rate of $95 plus tax/single room. Please make your room reservations at least 30 days in advance to obtain the group rate by calling the Crown Plaza at (865) 522-2600. Be sure to refer to the seminar to get the reduced group rate. Please indicate your preference on the course registration form below. Classes conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. on both the third and fourth days.

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Instructors

HSB Professional Loss Control is a dynamic engineering consulting firm that provides a broad range of services in the field of fire protection engineering. A major portion of the company's activities have centered on fire protection and risk management applied to the utilities industries throughout the United States and overseas. These fire protection services have included developing fire hazard analyses, developing engineering design criteria, developing design specifications, reviewing engineering design, developing and presenting training programs, reviewing research and testing programs, developing detailed plant prefire plans, and providing surveys and audit services. This experience provides us with a valuable understanding of fire hazards and current hazard control techniques available to the electric power generating industry.

The course is presented by experienced fire protection engineers who are also well qualified instructors. HSB Professional Loss Control personnel have been involved in the development and presentation of over 140 courses and seminars on fire protection for power plants since 1976.