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Is it recommended to put FM200 Cylinders in the same room for which it is installed?

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Question added by Muhammad Aleem , Fire Protection Engineer , Ashi & Bushnag Company
Date Posted: 2014/04/04
Muhammad Arsalan Siddiqui
by Muhammad Arsalan Siddiqui , Associate Director (MEP) , JLL

For small room yes you can but for big data centers it should be in separate rooms

Waseem Khoury
by Waseem Khoury , Business Development Manager , Altoun Group

Usually the rooms, used FM200 system, are rarely visited. These rooms must be totally closed. All supply and exhaust air ducts must have motorized dampers to shut off immediately if a cross alarm took place.

So the cylinder preferred to be in a separate room near the FM200 control panel, in case of a cross alarm took place and an electric error happened, the cylinder will be reachable and easy to active manually by the head valve of the cylinder in order to release the gas into the protected room.

Also for maintenance and refill it will be better to have the cylinder outside the protected room, in order to keep your room non accessible.

Sherif Mohammed Ibrahim
by Sherif Mohammed Ibrahim , Senior Mechanical Technical engineer , Al-Latifia Trading & Contracting Company

there is two concepts:

1- you can find FM200 cylinder that can be mounted inside the room, suspended fixing an automatic action ( actually it is an Extinguisher)

2- the main usage for FM200 system is the cylinder with smoke detection system, and control panel, and it must have separate space outside the fire zone.

Muhammad Nazar Qazi
by Muhammad Nazar Qazi , MEP Manager , Best Construction Engg & Services

FM200 Cylinders must be installed in separate Room for easy access & operation in case of Fire.

Mustafa Youssef
by Mustafa Youssef , Drafts-man Engineer , Qattan Archeticts - مكتب داود القطان للأستشارات الهندسيه

FM200 Extinguishers preferable to put in separate places and insure that the quantity provided by the extinguisher when use in fire doesn't increases the concentration of FM200 in tghe zone over the limits because its toxic risk 

.better put in different places and distributed well according to Architect Coordination

Salman Ali Ammar
by Salman Ali Ammar , MEP Coordinator , Al Fara'a General Contracting

Generally they are installed in the corridors and architects also recommend their installation in corridors.

Ala' Alkhatib
by Ala' Alkhatib , Electrical Engineer , AECOM

it is best to be at seperate rooms to avoid the risk of damage to the cylinder in the case of a fire

عزالدين علي عبدالله mohammed
by عزالدين علي عبدالله mohammed , Electrical & Instrumentation Senior Tech. , Petrodar Operating Co.

not recommended

zakir shaik
by zakir shaik , project engineer , Albarjeel technical services

Both NFPA2001, Clean Agent Standard and ISO14520 allow the cylinders to be placed within or outside the protected space. It is always a good idea to keep the cylinders as close to the protected area as possible and remember to account for ease of access for service and maintenance.

shajy devasia
by shajy devasia , elv engineer , bmts ,thermo llc , eta llc

where is located in fm200 panel

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