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The Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence Department has issued special fire and life safety guidelines for data centres, effective November 6, to speed up provisional Fire No Objection Certificate processing. Director General of Fire Services Vikram Singh Mann issued the guidelines on October 28, 2026, to address unique fire risks from servers, batteries, transformers, fuel storage and cable networks in data centres.
The guidelines require automatic sprinklers in administrative areas and water-mist or clean-agent gas suppression systems in technical areas, along with fire detection systems, compartmentation, firefighting shafts, wet risers, refuge areas and adequate water storage. Special provisions cover battery rooms, UPS installations, transformer rooms, switchgear rooms and emergency shutdown arrangements, with data halls to remain free of combustible materials.
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