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Re: Fire suppression/environmental conditions for tape formats



>With this in mind, I am curious to know if anyone has experience of using a
>fire suppression system using inert gases in archives that could then be
>using to suppress fires in a server room.

I'd be less worried about the tapes than if someone was caught in the room
if/when those "inert" gases ever went off. I know Halon and its elemental
'cousins' have been used in U.S. collection storage areas until recently,
when some folks started to realize that the gases did a great job of
extinguishing fires... as well as any staff (who also need oxygen) that were
unfortunate enough to be around when the thing went off.

Gas systems can also be expensive to install and maintain (or remove), but
in unoccupied areas they'd *probably* do less damage than water systems. I'd
be interested to hear from others on the list who've actually worked in a
Halon-equipped facility -- that scene from "Terminator 2" *was* pretty cool
;-)

JM

Jeffrey V. Moy, Archivist
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street, P.O. Box 540
Newark, NJ  07101-0540
(973) 596-6622
jmoy@newarkmuseum.org

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