Pretty sure halon is banned, but fm200 is the gas used these days? https://www.safelife.az/en/index.php/services/firefighting-by-gas.html
Firstly, the most important advantage of the use of chemical gas - it is safe for people and electronic equipment. During fire fighting gas is used in a concentration not to be harmful to human health and life. When using the FM200 gas concentration of oxygen in the room is reduced by 3%. Along with the fact that such a composition of the air is not sufficient to continue the fire, it allows people who are there to breathe. On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:01 AM Chris Ford <chris.f...@inaboxgroup.com.au> wrote: > As a university cadet working for IBM in the late 80s I remember getting > inducted into the Westpac data centres and getting a long explanation of > what to do when the halon system went off – where the breathing gear was, > where the exits were, to basically just drop everything and run. > > > > Have been inducted into a few DCs in the last 3 years and can’t remember > that being part of the induction at all – although given I already knew it > I may have just glossed over that part. > > > > -- > > Chris Ford > > Chief Technology Officer > > > > *INABOX GROUP* > > *m* 0401 988 844 *e* chris.f...@inaboxgroup.com.au > > *t* 02 8275 6871 *w* www.inaboxgroup.com.au > > > > *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> *On Behalf Of *Paul > Wilkins > *Sent:* Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:53 AM > *To:* AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > *Subject:* [AusNOG] [AUSNog] : Re Data Centre Fire Suppression Safety > > > > Every data centre has a fire suppression system. We're not used to > thinking of this as a hazardous environment, but consequent to two techs > being found dead working on a fire suppression system in Antarctica > <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/antarctica-two-technicians-dead-mcmurdo-station-ross-island>, > I find myself wondering yet again, why there aren't more stringent controls > around the fire suppression systems in data centres: viz - when you enter a > data centre, how confident can you be you're not going to be quietly > asphyxiated? > > Kind regards > > Paul Wilkins > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > -- Regards, Bruce
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