Examining Fire Protection Methods in the Data Center Outline

Course Description:
Fire in any area of a business can result in millions of dollars of losses and even business failure.
However, fire in the Data Center represents one of the greatest risks to any company or institution.
This foundational course will introduce the basic theory, prevention, detection and suppression of
fire specific to data centers. At the completion of this course, you will have a better understanding
of the safeguarding methods that are used to protect a data centers hottest commodity, information.

Course Outline:
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, you will be able to:
 Explain the importance of fire protection for data centers
 Identify the main goals of a data center fire protection system
 Explain the basic theory of fire suppression
 Differentiate the classes of fire and the stages of combustion
 Recognize the different methods of fire detection, fire communication and fire suppression
 Identify the different types of fire suppression agents and devices appropriate for data centers
Agenda
 Introduction
 The National Fire Protection Association
 Goals of data center fire protection systems
 Tutorial on Fire
 Fire detection methods and devices
 Fire communication methods and devices
 The Emergency Power Off (EPO) safety feature
 Fire suppression agents and devices
 Summary

Course Content or Material:

1) Introduction
a) Prevention
b) Theory
c) Detection
d) Communication
e) Suppression
2) National Fire Protection Association
3) System Objectives of Data Center Fire Protection
4) Tutorial on Fire
5) Fire Detection Devices
6) Smoke Detectors

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7) Intelligent spot type detectors
8) Air sampling smoke detectors

9) Intelligent Spot Type Detectors

10) Intelligent Spot Type Detectors
11) Air Sampling Smoke Detection Systems
12) Signaling and Notification Devices
13) Control Systems
14) Emergency Power Off
15) Fire Suppression Agents and Devices
16) Fire Extinguishers
17) Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems
18) Other Methods of Fire Suppression
19) Summary

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