Re: Fire Extinquisher for the Computer Room

[Carol.Collins@xxxxxxxxxxx (Carol Collins)]

M J Whitcomb writes:
     
     
     >Our Halon fire extinquisher from the computer room went to be 
     >recharged and never came back.  I talked to maintenence yesterday and 
     >they say halon is now illegal and the extinquisher could not be 
     >recharged.  They brought us up a CO2 one for now.  I also was 
     >told the old overhead sprinkler that I thought was disconnected was 
     >not.
     
     >I feel there must be some replacment for halon.  What should we be 
     >using now halon is not available?  I am having horrors of a small 
     >fire in the computer room and the AS400 being turned into a piece of 
     >junk from CO2 or water just as surely as if it was burned up.  What 
     >type of extinquisher should we be using?  I don't trust our 
     >maintenence department to come up with the correct answer.
     
     >This also made me think of disaster recovery (I know, I should have 
     >been thinking of it before).  Do any of you have contracts with a 
     >company that will provide an alternate site if a disaster happens to 
     >your AS400.  Or will bring one to your site?  What companies can I 
     >check into?
     
     Since the EPA has put serious restrictions on the use of halon, a 
     number of companies are trying to come up with alternatives.  Here are 
     a couple of examples:
     
     Spectrex Inc. http://www.spectrex-inc.com
     
     Safety Hi-Tech     E-Mail: Safety.HiTech@PN.ITnet.it
     
     
     If you do an Internet search of "halon alternatives" (or similar), you 
     get a lot of hits on sites with good information.
     
     As far as disaster recovery companies, we have used both IBM Business 
     Recovery Services and SunGard.  Both do the job well, and offer 
     alternate sites and mobile recovery operations, as well as other 
     options.
     
     Good luck in your pursuit!
     
       -- Carol
     
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