Color blind
In one of our switch sites we used to have 3 break glass panels,
Red for fire,
Green for emergency door release,
Yellow to dump the FM200 fire suppressant.
Every Tuesday was a fire alarm test, the security guard would go to one of the fire alarm points and insert a little 'key' in the side of the panel which tested the button, (see where I'm going here)
Well this Tuesday was a guard who was new to the site, and it turns out the yellow break glass panels have the same test key hole!
It also turns out that hitting the break glass FM200 dump, doesn't give the normal 10sec warning bell it just dumps instantly, cue some very shaken up contractors who got a lung full of FM200 and one security guard who was hastily re-assigned to less technical buildings.
I'm told it was about 60 grand to get the FM200 refilled as well, lucky this was one of the smaller sites.
Plastic lift up covers appeared over the yellow panels not long after that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
