Maintaining uptime is a top priority for data centers and other mission-critical facilities that operate 24/7/365. Today’s data centers are increasingly dependent on lithium-ion batteries to meet demanding load profiles and off-gas detection systems can provide early warning by detecting gases emitted prior to thermal runaway. As heat loads in data centers increase, aspirating smoke detectors continue to play a pivotal role by providing very early smoke detection for conventional fires.

Learn more about a performance-based design approach to fire safety where advanced detection can detect the earliest signs of potential fire hazards. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the stages of battery failure, including the processes leading to thermal runaway and the evolution of gas composition, and how early detection can serve as a critical barrier in hazard mitigation analysis.
2. Discover code and insurance requirements such as NFPA 75/76 and FM Global Property Loss Prevention Datasheet 5-33 and the role that detection plays in those standards.
3. Identify how aspirating smoke detection enables reliable detection in high-airflow environments and how performance-based design can provide the earliest indication of a potential fire event.
4. Explore the advantages of aspirating smoke detection in terms of testing, maintenance and overall total cost of ownership and peace of mind for operators of critical facilities.

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