PE-13 Fire Protection

Description

The University employs and maintains fire suppression and detection systems for information resources.

Applicability

• This Control applies to facilities that house information resources (i.e. data centers) considered high or moderate impact and which require a higher level of security due to the nature of one of the following:

  • type of equipment
  • type of data the equipment stores

  Responsibility for ensuring physical security to information resources may be part of the job function for departmental staff who may include, but not be limited to, information technology staff, information resource custodians, supervisors, managers and others.

Implementation

• 1University staff responsible for information resource facilities shall:

  • 1.1deploy appropriate fire suppression equipment to protect university data centers, server rooms, and other facilities containing information resources in the event of a fire,
  • 1.2receive training in appropriate response and use of fire suppression equipment in case of emergencies.

• 2Fire suppression and detection systems shall:

  • 2.1activate automatically in the event of a fire,
  • 2.2provide automatic notification of any activation to the facility staff and emergency responders.