Control Rooms  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 Semiconductor fabrication Chemical production Steel and paper production Grain elevators

Control Rooms “Motor Control Center Rooms”/”Motor Control Centers”  Motor control equipment and the related control circuits to provide automation of production machinery Grain silo MCC

Computer Rooms “Computer Room”  A facility established to acquire, analyze, process, store, retrieve, and disseminate one or more types of data Data Center Data processing center/facility Electronic data processing (EDP) center/facility Information Technology (IT) facility Server room  Contains computers and storage/retrieval, transmission equipment

Control/Computer Rooms Fire Protection Needs  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 Business Sector Revenue Loss per Hour Productivity Loss per Hour Financial$ 9,997,500$3,640 Retail$ 397,500$2,580 Healthcare$ 157,500$1,250 Manufacturing$ 59,930$3,060 Public Sector$0$850 FOR A ONE HOUR OUTAGE

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

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

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: CO 2 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