<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Pretty sure halon is banned, but fm200 is the gas used these days?<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.safelife.az/en/index.php/services/firefighting-by-gas.html">https://www.safelife.az/en/index.php/services/firefighting-by-gas.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:13px;text-align:justify">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.</span><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:01 AM Chris Ford <<a href="mailto:chris.ford@inaboxgroup.com.au">chris.ford@inaboxgroup.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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
were, to basically just drop everything and run.<u></u><u></u></p>
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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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Wilkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:53 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] [AUSNog] : Re Data Centre Fire Suppression Safety<u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank">
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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Paul Wilkins<u></u><u></u></p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Regards,<br><br>Bruce</div>