This British Standard gives recommendations for the protection against fire of electronic equipment, including computers, mission critical servers, internet hosting centres, and systems for communications, design, manufacturing and distribution.
NOTE Guidance on the design of electronic equipment is given in BS EN 60950 and guidance on the design of the physical environment including the air-conditioning and lighting is given in BS 7083.
The standard is applicable to new installations; however the recommendations may be used with an existing installation and when alterations are made to an existing area housing electronic equipment.