Code of practice for fire protection for electronic equipment installations

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-08-2011

Language(s)

English

Published date

20-12-2002

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Risk assessment
5 Location and construction of dedicated electronic
   equipment areas
6 Building engineering services for dedicated electronic
   equipment areas
7 Fire detection and alarm in dedicated electronic equipment
   areas
8 Fire suppression
9 Choosing the appropriate fire detection and disaster
   recovery strategy
10 General precautions for dedicated electronic equipment
   areas
11 Protection of information, contingency and recovery measures
12 Business-critical ancillary facilities
Bibliography
Annex A (normative) Spacing and location of point smoke
        detectors and optical beam smoke detectors
Annex B (informative) Typical features of fire detection
        and suppression systems
Figures and Tables

Specifies recommendations for the protection against fire of electronic equipment, including computers, mission critical servers, internet hosting centres, and systems for communications, design, manufacturing and distribution.

Committee	FSH/14
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 6266(1992) and 01/540649 DC (01/2003)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	38
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded

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