Outstanding my man!!! Thanks for the input. I love it when people do research and can contribute on a reasonable factual basis!
There is also the CO2 systems that are used to displace the oxygen in an effort to extinguish the fire by cutting off the supply of O2...a necessary element for combustion.
The CO2 eventually dissipates to the atmosphere without causing any physical damage to the equipment.
Unfortunately...you just better hope that there aren't people in the area when the system discharges. It does have its drawbacks as any system does.
Haha...water systems around delicate electrical machinery!
For those of you who may have wondered...water supplied sprinkler systems are specifically designed (and have been for many, MANY decades) to NOT have all sprinkler heads go off at once. The main purpose of this idea was to limit a widespread amount of unnecessary water damage.
There are instances of sprinkler heads being broken accidentally for a myriad of reasons. Could you imagine ruining an ENTIRE building with water due to an accidental breakage of one sprinkler head?