Information Technology and Telecommunications

Fire protection for mission critical facilities

A fire in a mission critical facility, such as an IT&T facility, can be devastating.

For more organisations, damage to IT systems may not threaten life, but can quickly bring operations to a standstill, harm reputation and potentially destroy a business.

Wormald’s years of experience have given our fire system design engineers an excellent understanding of the nature of combustion and the way fire behaves, especially in mission critical facilities.

We combine traditional and advanced technologies to develop fire protection regimes which deliver a risk/cost balance suitable to your operations. We can often install some of our advanced systems into an older facility. This can lower your protection costs while raising your confidence in your fire safety systems.

Wormald are specialists at installing fire detection and suppression systems and our project teams are capable of handling projects of any size. We understand in some cases you cannot interrupt your IT capabilities to install protection systems, and so we have developed ways of working safely around sensitive equipment.

Some of our advanced IT&T fire detection and suppression technology includes:

Alarm and Evacuation Systems

Our MX™ TECHNOLOGY fire detection system provides very early detection of even slow smouldering fires and can be configured to detect carbon monoxide (CO), smoke and heat. Sensitive analytic tools mean early detection which is critical in a sensitive IT environment.

SAPPHIRE™ Fire Suppression System

The SAPPHIRE™ fire suppression system is specifically designed for use in areas that house sensitive equipment that cannot be shut down. The SAPPHIRE™ agent does not conduct electricity, is non-corrosive, minimises the risk of damage to sensitive equipment, leaves no residue and requires no clean-up.

Inergen® Gaseous Systems

Inergen® Gaseous Systems are one of the most technically advanced fire suppression systems available.  Unlike older CO2 systems, Inergen® is completely safe to people, without adverse effects on anyone remaining in the protected area when released.  Its components are naturally occurring atmospheric gases, so there is also no negative impact on the environment. Inergen® is the fire suppression system of choice for areas that contain high value or mission critical assets.