<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Depends on the fire system. If it’s co2 like in some high power environments it can be quite dangerous but most other agents are relatively harmless. I can’t think of a good reason why a data Center would use co2. Most environments with co2 suppression also have leak detectors and alarms. <div><br></div><div>Matt</div><div><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>/* Matt Perkins</div><div> Direct 1300 137 379 Spectrum Networks Ptd. Ltd.</div><div> Office 1300 133 299 <a href="mailto:matt@spectrum.com.au">matt@spectrum.com.au</a></div><div> Fax 1300 133 255 Level 6, 350 George Street Sydney 2000</div><div> SIP <a href="mailto:1300137379@sip.spectrum.com.au">1300137379@sip.spectrum.com.au</a></div><div> Google Talk <a href="mailto:MattAPerkins@gmail.com">MattAPerkins@gmail.com</a></div><div> PGP/GNUPG Public Key can be found at <a href="http://pgp.mit.edu">http://pgp.mit.edu</a></div><div>*/</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 13 Dec 2018, at 11:00 am, Chris Ford <<a href="mailto:chris.ford@inaboxgroup.com.au">chris.ford@inaboxgroup.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Wilkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] [AUSNog] : Re Data Centre Fire Suppression Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Every data centre has a fire suppression system. We're not used to thinking of this as a hazardous environment, but consequent to
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/antarctica-two-technicians-dead-mcmurdo-station-ross-island">
two techs being found dead working on a fire suppression system in Antarctica</a>, 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?<br>
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Kind regards<br>
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Paul Wilkins<o:p></o:p></p>
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