---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 747"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "747"
heading: "Equipment and training standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/747"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management"
  - "Subchapter II — Comprehensive Preparedness System"
  - "Part A — National Preparedness System"
---

# §747. Equipment and training standards

- (a) **Equipment standards—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Administrator](/usc/6/821.md?p=1), in coordination with the heads of appropriate [Federal agencies](/usc/6/677a.md?p=4) and the National Advisory [Council](/usc/6/681.md?p=2), shall support the development, promulgation, and updating, as necessary, of national [voluntary](/usc/6/671.md?p=6-A) consensus standards for the performance, use, and validation of equipment used by Federal, [State](/usc/6/821.md?p=9), local, and [tribal governments](/usc/6/701.md?p=16) and nongovernmental [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6).
  - (2) **Requirements—** The national [voluntary](/usc/6/671.md?p=6-A) consensus standards shall—
    - (A) be designed to achieve equipment and other [capabilities](/usc/6/741.md?p=1) consistent with the [national preparedness goal](/usc/6/741.md?p=5), including the safety and health of [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6);
    - (B) to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing national [voluntary](/usc/6/671.md?p=6-A) 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](/usc/6/821.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) support the development, promulgation, and regular updating, as necessary, of national [voluntary](/usc/6/671.md?p=6-A) consensus standards for training; and
  - (2) ensure that the training provided under the [national training program](/usc/6/741.md?p=7) is consistent with the standards.
- (c) **Consultation with standards organizations—** In carrying out this section, the [Administrator](/usc/6/821.md?p=1) shall consult with representatives of relevant public and private sector national [voluntary](/usc/6/671.md?p=6-A) consensus standards development organizations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 647, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1426.)