[AusNOG] Warrnambool Exchange Fire Investigation Report

[Mark Smith]

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> From: Tom Storey <tom at snnap.net>
>To: Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au> 
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>Sent: Saturday, 30 March 2013 6:49 AM
>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Warrnambool Exchange Fire Investigation Report
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>Is it just me, or are there zero mentions of fire suppression systems?
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>Assuming you're talking about gas fire suppression, that's probably because there isn't any, or certainly haven't been in the ones I've been into. I don't remember sprinkler systems, but of course, they can potentially do more damage than the fire they put out.
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>IIRC, there are around 5500 exchanges around Australia, and some of them are very large. They also weren't built as 'data centres' as we know them now. 
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>On 27 Mar 2013 20:50, "Mark Smith" <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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>It's good to learn from your own mistakes, even better to learn from others'.
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>>http://www.telstra.com.au/uberprod/groups/webcontent/@corporate/@about/documents/document/uberstaging_235046.pdf
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>>courtesy of this article:
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>>"Telstra exchange fire spread by cooling systems"
>>http://www.itnews.com.au/News/337972,telstra-exchange-fire-spread-by-cooling-systems.aspx
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