Data Center Safety Questionnaire

Name: Nilanjan Saha

Personal No: 152261

Date: 27-Jan-2011

Department: ITS

Location: Jsr

Instructions
Please fill in the details above and complete the questionnaire to best of your
knowledge and click the Submit Form button on top right. Proceed as instructed
there on.

Questions

The four steps to be taken in the case of a fire are to activate alarm(A),
Rescue (R), Evacuate/Extinguish (E) and confine the fire (C) represented by
1. the respective letters. In what order would you take these steps in the case of
fire?

CARE

✔ RACE

2. Is there a telecommunication centre near your data centre?

✔ Yes

No

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3. Is there an airport near your data centre?

✔ Yes

No

4. Is there a railway station near your data centre?

Yes

✔ No

5. Is your data centre at a safe distance from a sea shore?

✔ Yes

No

6. Is there a production plant near your data centre?

✔ Yes

No

7. Is there a mine nearby your data centre?

✔ Yes

No

8. What provision do you have to with a fire in data centre?

Fire Extinguisher and Sand Buckets.

✔ Water

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 Do you have an information board displaying important numbers to be
9. contacted in case of fire?

✔ Yes

No

10. Is the data centre building made up of Earthquake Resistant Steel?

Yes

✔ No

11. Is the data centre building prone to leakage or damage?

✔ Yes

No

12. Is there any railway track near the data centre building?

✔ Yes

No

13. Are there any high tension cables near the data centre?

Yes

✔ No

14. Is there any petrol pump near the data centre building?

✔ Yes

No

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15. Does the data centre have smoke detection system?

✔ Yes

No

16. Does the data centre have fire suppression system?

✔ Yes

No

17. Are the fire extinguishers within a range of 15 m from all locations?

Yes

✔ No

18. Is the relative humidity of the data centre between 45-50 RH?

✔ Yes

No

19. Is the temperature range between 20-23 degrees C?

Yes

✔ No

20. Are there any combustible materials in the data centre?

✔ Yes

No

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21. Is the data centre made up of materials which are combustible?

✔ Yes

No

Is there is any auto-alarm alert to local Fire Station in case of major fire
22. accident?

✔ Yes

No

Is the data centre free of any incident of water leakage (water leakage
23. surrounding, AC water leakage etc.)?

Yes

✔ No

24. Are proper pest control mechanisms in place?

✔ Yes

No

Are environment controls monitored with logging, trend projection and alarm
25. notification?

✔ Yes

No

Are metallic objects on the premises with enclosed conductors or that is likely
26. to be energized by electric currents effectively grounded (proper protection
from lightning)?

✔ Yes

No

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 Do connections to earth or the electrode system have resistance in the range of
27. 1 to 25 ohm range for computer center installation?

✔ Yes

No

Are there provisions to earth UPS systems, power distribution units, AC units
28. etc.?

✔ Yes

No

Are the computers isolated from heavy equipment such as air handlers by
using separate ground rods (ground rods are metal rods that driven into the
29. earth to provide a permanent earth grounds to route surges) that are located
at least 6 feet apart?

Yes

✔ No

Is there enough space between data and power cabling and cross-wiring of two
30. avoided?

Yes

✔ No

31. Is the dustbin of data centre emptied on regular basis?

✔ Yes

No

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