[AusNOG] [AUSNog] : Re Data Centre Fire Suppression Safety

[Jim Woodward]

Hi,

 

I have been in facilities with Halon systems fitted, Pretty sure they’ve been illegal for some time now but there have always been stringent inductions around evacuation in the event of a triggered alarm, any system that silently deploys a gas based fire suppressant silently would be against code and highly illegal.

 

It could be in that case they accidently severed a pressurised fire suppressant line and were unaware that they had done so.

 

Jim.

 

 

From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> On Behalf Of Paul Wilkins
Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:53 AM
To: ausnog at 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

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