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While fires at telecommunications and datacom facilities are extremely rare, the risk involved is great. Even a small fire can end up costing businesses a great deal of time and money. Quite obviously, building the highest level of redundancy into all areas of a telecommunications facility is the be...

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Published in:Consulting - Specifying Engineer 2001-10, p.4
Main Author: Winsor, Jeromie
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Cable TV
Communications networks
Design
Fire protection
Human error
Internet service providers
Sensors
Sprinkler systems
Telecommunications
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Summary:While fires at telecommunications and datacom facilities are extremely rare, the risk involved is great. Even a small fire can end up costing businesses a great deal of time and money. Quite obviously, building the highest level of redundancy into all areas of a telecommunications facility is the best way to mitigate any risk to operations, including fire. The prescription for fire safety in telecommunications facilities has continually changed over the last decade. While most facilities in general require sprinkler systems, for telecommunications equipment the risk of a sprinkler malfunction can actually be greater than the risk of a fire, with water nearly as damaging as fire is to the equipment. One solution to this problem is to use a dry-pipe sprinkler system, where water pressure is not delivered to a sprinkler head until an initial fire alarm triggers it, followed by a time interval to check the validity of the alarm before water is released.
ISSN:0892-5046
1558-2876