Fire suppression control

A method comprising:

• providing a system comprising a retractable air management structure mechanically attached to a component rack with shelves, a cooling system, and an activation apparatus comprising an electromechanical release device and a fire detection sensor, wherein said retractable air management structure comprises a flexible sheet rollably mounted on a spring loaded roller mounted internal to a housing;
• extending said flexible sheet from a rolled position on said spring loaded roller to an extended position extending from a top of said component rack to said electromechanical release device;
• generating, by said cooling system, a flow of cool air;
• directing, by said flexible sheet in said extended position, said flow of cool air through said component rack, wherein said flexible sheet extended in said extended position is configured to be placed in said rolled position on said spring loaded roller, and wherein said flexible sheet comprises a thermally insulative and fire retardant material;
• detecting, by said fire detection sensor, a fire within a specified area surrounding said component rack;
• and
• automatically releasing, by said electromechanical release device in response to said detecting, said spring loaded roller resulting in said flexible sheet being placed in said rolled position on said spring loaded roller, wherein said flexible sheet being placed in said rolled position on said spring loaded roller results in said flexible sheet uncovering a pathway above said component rack.

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computing system implements a method for controlling a system comprising, a retractable air management structure mechanically attached to a component rack with shelves, a cooling system, and an activation apparatus comprising an electromechanical release device and a fire detection sensor, wherein said retractable air management structure comprises a flexible sheet rollably mounted on

• extending said flexible sheet from a rolled position on said spring loaded roller to an extended position extending from a top of said component rack to said electromechanical release device;
• generating, by said cooling system, a flow of cool air;
• directing, by said flexible sheet in said extended position, said flow of cool air through said component rack, wherein said flexible sheet extended in said extended position is configured to be placed in said rolled position on said spring loaded roller, and wherein said flexible sheet comprises a thermally insulative and fire retardant material;
• detecting, by said fire detection sensor, a fire within a specified area surrounding said component rack;
• and
• automatically releasing, by said electromechanical release device in response to said detecting, said spring loaded roller resulting in said flexible sheet being placed in said rolled position on said spring loaded roller, wherein said flexible sheet being placed in said rolled position on said spring loaded roller results in said flexible sheet uncovering a pathway above said component rack.