Control Rooms Serve as operations centers for the control and monitoring of a service or process Flight control rooms Power generation control rooms.

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

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 RoomsControl/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 $3,640Retail $ 397,500 $2,580Healthcare $ 157,500 $1,250Manufacturing $ 59,930 $3,060Public 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:• 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