This video shows the technologies and actions of active fire safety systems in a typical Electronic Equipment area as described and referenced in BS6266:2011
You do *NOT* want to be standing in that room when the 30 seconds countdown completes on the panel and the suppression canisters release it’s gas. You’ll be gone in under 10 seconds of inhaling that ☠️
@@nexovec it depends on the system some use CO2 but others use Halon. co2 is 1.53 Times the Density of air. Halon in roughly 5 TIMES THE DENSITY OF AIR. either way you will very quickly pass out from suffocation. after that... well if not moved in time...
Failure to auto-deactivation of HVAC system can have devastating life threating results on people in other locations in buildings, various case studies has proved. System should be integrated with availability of BA set in flooding room to avoid any lose of life in case someone is trapped within. Activation of such systems should be done after ensuring no human life risk.
I work in data centers that use this system, and I am finding it hard to find information on how I may be at risk in the case of being inside when this happens. Anybody have any information they can share with me?
You need to look at the HAZMAT sheet for the type of extinguishant in use. It's certainly not pleasant being inside when it fires but it won't kill you. Some people can have allergic reactions or experience faintness and dizziness. If FM200 is used, the ceiling tiles usually fall in because of the drop in atm pressure
