Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§747 Equipment and Training Standards

Title 6 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM › Part A — National Preparedness System › § 747

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must help create and keep up-to-date national consensus standards (voluntary) for the equipment and training used by federal, state, local, tribal, and nongovernmental emergency responders. The Administrator must work with other federal agency leaders, the National Advisory Council, and public and private standards groups. Equipment standards must support the national preparedness goal and protect responders’ health and safety, match existing standards when practical, consider new threats, and aim for things like operability, interoperability, interchangeability, durability, flexibility, efficiency, effectiveness, portability, sustainability, and safety. The Administrator must also support and update national training standards and make sure the national training program follows them.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §747

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(a)Equipment standards

(1)In general

The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies and the National Advisory Council, shall support the development, promulgation, and updating, as necessary, of national voluntary consensus standards for the performance, use, and validation of equipment used by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and nongovernmental emergency response providers.

(2)Requirements

The national voluntary consensus standards shall—

(A)be designed to achieve equipment and other capabilities consistent with the national preparedness goal, including the safety and health of emergency response providers;

(B)to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing national voluntary consensus standards;

(C)take into account, as appropriate, threats that may not have been contemplated when the existing standards were developed; and

(D)focus on maximizing operability, interoperability, interchangeability, durability, flexibility, efficiency, efficacy, portability, sustainability, and safety.

(b)Training standards

The Administrator shall—

(1)support the development, promulgation, and regular updating, as necessary, of national voluntary consensus standards for training; and

(2)ensure that the training provided under the national training program is consistent with the standards.

(c)Consultation with standards organizations

In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall consult with representatives of relevant public and private sector national voluntary consensus standards development organizations.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 747

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110