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Originally posted by Fearless_Hyena
This is simple and kind of lame, but I've always wondered, seriously 
They use Halon protection (snip. . .)
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I can field this one as I used to work for a newspaper. The pressroom had a halon dump fire suppression system. Basically if the fire alarm was tripped automatically (i.e. the detectors detected a fire rather than some dipshit pulling the handle as a prank) the alarms would go off, lights would start flashing, and you had exactly 30 seconds to get out of the main room before the dump. This isn't much margin for error when you consider the fact that the press room was a bit larger than a big wal mart
If you're in a room with a halon or a cardox (uses carbon dioxide to achieve pretty much the same result) dump system and the alarms go off, get out or you will die. Guaranteed. But yeah, you usually have time to get to the door when the alarms go off because of the built-in delay between alarm and dump.