Precision Group Holdings (PGH GROUP)

Bloomberg

The Client

Bloomberg L.P. is a US based privately owned financial software, data and Media Company headquartered in New York City. It is a global leader in business and financial information and maintains regional offices in key locations around the world, such as in the city of London. Through its news and data platforms it offers influential decision makers, market insights and a critical edge.

Risks & Consequences

Electrical and mechanical equipment inevitably entail fire hazards that need to be proactively managed. Fire can be caused by human error, equipment failure or other sequences of destructive events. Bloomberg takes no chances with disruption to either its operations or its equipment. Such disruption can be caused by fire. An A, B, C, F, class-of-fire suppression system is therefore essential for its key operational assets. The system needs to ensure that damage to equipment is avoided and or minimized to avoid down time and disruption to business continuity.

The Task

Design and install a rapid response automatic fire suppression system to replace the water mist system at Bloomberg’s London HQ. The Fire Engineers mission is to protect both the Diesel Generator and the Battery Room. This has a dual benefit. First, being the protection of the building and its occupants while the power supply to core redundancy equipment remains intact. This is of paramount importance for the uninterrupted operation and services Bloomberg provides. Specifications called for a long-life system with attested performance capabilities.

Why FirePro?

FirePro has wide ranging expertise and solid track record regarding these challenging applications. It complies with all national (UK) and international (US/EU) standards and regulations required for these types of systems. Unlike gas, water mist and other systems, FirePro systems do not require a large footprint to be installed in these limited-space applications, nor do they entail any hydraulic pressure tests. Moreover, FirePro’s 15-year lifetime, minimal cost of ownership and ecological firefighting FPC compound makes it the preferred solution for Bloomberg Health & Safety Engineers.

Results of Implementation

After carefully evaluating system characteristics offered by all other competing systems, the fire safety engineers opted for FirePro as the more efficient and long-term cost-effective option. When Bloomberg’s earlier fire suppression systems were due for a mandatory room integrity and hydraulic test FirePro was proposed as the new and value-added fire protection technology. FirePro UK designed, installed and currently protects these enclosures with a system ready to react and supress fire autonomously and protect business continuity.

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