Transcript Control Rooms - Fire Suppression Systems Association

Control Rooms
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Serve as operations centers for
the control and monitoring of a
service or process
Flight control rooms
Power generation control rooms
Industrial process control rooms
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Semiconductor fabrication
Chemical production
Steel and paper production
Grain elevators
Control Rooms
• “Motor Control Center Rooms”/”Motor Control Centers”
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Motor control equipment and the related control circuits to
provide automation of production machinery
Grain silo MCC
Grain silo MCC
Computer Rooms
• “Computer Room”
A facility established to acquire, analyze, process,
store, retrieve, and disseminate one or more types
of data
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Data Center
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Data processing center/facility
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Electronic data processing (EDP) center/facility
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Information Technology (IT) facility
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Server room
 Contains computers and storage/retrieval, transmission
equipment
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Control/Computer Rooms
• Fire Protection Needs
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Class A & Class C Fire Hazards
• Electrically energized equipment
• Plastic cables, housings, components
– PVC cabling
– Printed circuit boards (PCBs)
– Storage tape
• Expensive, mission critical equipment,
– Very sensitive to heat and combustion products
– Business continuity often critical
Control/Computer Rooms: Impact of Downtime
FOR A ONE HOUR OUTAGE
Business Sector
Financial
Retail
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Public Sector
Revenue Loss
per Hour
$ 9,997,500
$ 397,500
$ 157,500
$ 59,930
$0
Productivity
Loss per Hour
$3,640
$2,580
$1,250
$3,060
$850
Control/Computer Rooms
NFPA 75
Standard for the Protection of
Information Technology Equipment
NFPA 76
Standard for the Fire Protection of
Telecommunications Facilities
Control/Computer Room Protection :
Automatic Sprinkler Systems
• Fire Suppression via heat absorption
• Primary design objective: Fire Control
and protection of overall structure
Confine fire to point of origin
 Control of ceiling temperatures to
prevent structural damage
and fire spread
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Control/Computer Room Protection :
Automatic Sprinkler Systems
• NFPA 13, Standard for the
Installation of Sprinkler Systems
• Preaction systems
• Detection
NFPA 75 - Smoke detector
NFPA 76
SFD -Standard Fire detection
EWFD – early warning fire detection
VEWFD – very early warning fire detection
Control/Computer Room Protection :
Water Mist
• Fire Suppression via heat absorption
• Primary design objective: Fire Control
and protection of overall structure
Confine fire to point of origin
 Control of ceiling temperatures to
prevent structural damage and fire spread
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Control/Computer Room Protection :
Water Mist
• NFPA 750, Standard on Water Mist
Fire Protection Systems
• Low, medium & high pressure
• Detection
NFPA 75 - Smoke detector
NFPA 76
SFD - standard fire detection
EWFD – early warning fire detection
VEWFD – very early warning fire detection
Control/Computer Room Protection :
Clean Agents
• Fire extinguishment via
heat absorption
• Primary design objective:
Fire Extinguishment
and protection of
structure’s contents
• Rapid detection
• Rapid extinguishment
Control/Computer Room Protection :
Clean Agents
• NFPA 2001, Standard on Clean Agent
Fire Extinguishing Systems
• Detection
NFPA 75 - Smoke detector
NFPA 76
SFD - standard fire detection
EWFD – early warning fire detection
VEWFD – very early warning fire detection
Control/Computer Room Protection :
Portable Extinguisher Requirements
• NFPA 75 Requirements:
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CO2 or halogenated type fire extinguishers
must be provided for the protection of
electronic equipment
Extinguishers must be maintained in accordance
with NFPA 10, Standard for Portable Fire
Extinguishers
Listed extinguishers with a minimum rating of 2-A
must be provided for use on fires in ordinary
combustible materials, such as paper and plastics.
Control/Computer Room Protection :
Portable Extinguisher Requirements
• NFPA 76 Requirements:
• Portable extinguishers suitable for use on
energized equipment and/or ordinary
combustible fires shall be provided
• The selection, placement, and maintenance
of portable fire extinguishers shall be in
accordance with NFPA 10