A Risk Assessment of Piql Services by FFI

11.2 Recommendations for Physical Security

Chapter 9 emphasises loss of ideal storage conditions as another key risk presented to the Piql Preservation Services. First, we give a recommendation which concerns maintaining the storage conditions on a day to day basis, and not one which concerns what to do in a crisis: the piqlFilms should not be stored in a room which is adjacent to other rooms housing a lot of electrical equipment. In these situations there is a risk of heat dissipation from the machines which could affect the temperature of the storage room. The risk of a potential electrical fire reaching the storage room is also greater. infrastructure, which exposes the piqlVault to the elements outside. If the latter, the measures a Piql partner can take are elaborated upon below in the paragraph concerning physical pressure on the piqlBox and piqlFilm. If the former, the main measure to mitigate the situation is to have redundancy of the supply of utilities into the piqlVault. Of most importance here is redundancy in energy supply, but the same logic applies to water, gas, etc. Both backup generators and doubling of energy supply from two independent sources in the area are recommended. If a larger area is subject to a complete blackout, a redundant energy supplier may do little good, whereas a backup generator powered by for instance diesel will be functioning. In case of fire, Piql AS’ recommendation to use an oxygen reduction suppression solution as the fire protection mechanism in the piqlVault is regarded as the best one. Making sure the supply of the oxygen restricting gas is such that it can withstand prolonged fires is also important. Though all Piql partners are required to have some form of fire protection in place, not all are suited for implementation in the piqlVault. A sprinkler system, for instance, could potentially do more harm to the Piql Preservation Services than the fire it is meant to put out. With regards to mitigating the effects of a forest fire, this is mostly about taking precautions where it comes to the construction of the building housing the piqlVault or production site and its surroundings, such as clearing a safety zone between structures and combustible vegetation and using only fire-resistant or non-combustible materials on the roofs and exterior surfaces, among other things. As described in the scenarios illustrating the effects of fire, the plastic of the piqlBox and piqlFilm will burn if they come in too close proximity to the flames. A protective measure which the Consortium partners in the PreservIA project might consider is adding some sort of flame deterrent to the piqlBox. If the piqlBox is fire-resistant, there is less risk of the fire damaging the piqlFilm inside. The effects of water on the piqlBox and PiqlFilm are, as we stressed in chapter 9, an issue on which we do not have sufficient information to make clear statements. An absolute key recommendation to the Consortium partners is therefore to conduct testing specifically on the piqlFilm to learn more about its reaction to water, which in turn can allow us to alleviate The events which can cause loss of ideal storage conditions are loss of utilities, which causes the ventilation system to stop functioning, or because of damages to the building’s

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