What is the PL-1 alarm response requirement?

What is the PL-1 alarm response requirement?

• A. Internal: 1 SF member immediate; restricted area: 1 SF member immediate; external: 2-person SRT immediate; area supervisor.
• B. Internal: 2 SF members; restricted area: 1 SF; external: 1 SRT; area supervisor.
• C. Internal: 1 SF; restricted area: 2 SF; external: 1 SRT; no supervisor.
• D. Internal: 1 SF member immediate; restricted area: 1 SF member immediate; external: 2-person SRT immediate; area supervisor.

Answer: (D)

Alarm response for a PL-1 facility is about who responds and how quickly to different alarm situations to ensure rapid, coordinated action. The plan assigns immediate responders for each zone: an SF member should reply right away to alarms inside the facility, and the restricted area also requires an SF member to respond immediately. For external alarms, a two-person SRT is designated to respond immediately, providing enough personnel and capability to handle outside threats safely. An area supervisor must be alerted and present to lead the response, maintain command and control, and ensure proper escalation as needed. This combination best meets the high-security standard of PL-1 by ensuring immediate local action where threats are most likely to be encountered, providing sufficient external capability for outside incidents, and preserving leadership oversight. The other configurations either under-staff critical zones, omit the supervisor, or reduce the quick-response capability, which would not align with PL-1 requirements.

Alarm response for a PL-1 facility is about who responds and how quickly to different alarm situations to ensure rapid, coordinated action. The plan assigns immediate responders for each zone: an SF member should reply right away to alarms inside the facility, and the restricted area also requires an SF member to respond immediately. For external alarms, a two-person SRT is designated to respond immediately, providing enough personnel and capability to handle outside threats safely. An area supervisor must be alerted and present to lead the response, maintain command and control, and ensure proper escalation as needed.

This combination best meets the high-security standard of PL-1 by ensuring immediate local action where threats are most likely to be encountered, providing sufficient external capability for outside incidents, and preserving leadership oversight. The other configurations either under-staff critical zones, omit the supervisor, or reduce the quick-response capability, which would not align with PL-1 requirements.