Even cruise ships do drills. God forbid they pull their passengers away from that very important game of Texas Hold'em.
Well, US flag passenger ships (among others) are required to hold Fire and Emergency drills at least once every week. But your point stands: it's only by having a plan, and executing that plan even if it's prefaced by "this is a drill..." is crucial if you want to have a hope of things going the right way in an actual emergency.
Here's the thing, though. If your people are properly trained in what to do, and how to use the equipment, then shutting down power to the rack and extinguishing fire on a single server with a fire extinguisher may be a reasonable course of action. But that contingency should have been considered ahead of time and be part of the emergency plan.
The time to decide what to do is not during the emergency.
As for walking around a smoky room looking for the source, that's nuts. I spent one long day (way too short, though) time at Military Sealift Command Firefighting School. One of the first things they do is put you in a room full of smoke and make you count out loud. After about 30 seconds you feel like you're going to pass out -- that gets the point across much better than lectures ever will.
Well, US flag passenger ships (among others) are required to hold Fire and Emergency drills at least once every week. But your point stands: it's only by having a plan, and executing that plan even if it's prefaced by "this is a drill..." is crucial if you want to have a hope of things going the right way in an actual emergency.
Here's the thing, though. If your people are properly trained in what to do, and how to use the equipment, then shutting down power to the rack and extinguishing fire on a single server with a fire extinguisher may be a reasonable course of action. But that contingency should have been considered ahead of time and be part of the emergency plan.
The time to decide what to do is not during the emergency.
As for walking around a smoky room looking for the source, that's nuts. I spent one long day (way too short, though) time at Military Sealift Command Firefighting School. One of the first things they do is put you in a room full of smoke and make you count out loud. After about 30 seconds you feel like you're going to pass out -- that gets the point across much better than lectures ever will.