EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS WEST BROMWICH
Emergency Lighting and Electrical Testing West Bromwich
Experts in design, installation, commissioning & servicing of Emergency & Escape Route Lighting Systems
What are the legal requirements for emergency lighting?
Emergency lighting legislation
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
The Fire Safety Order 2005 applies to the majority of non-domestic premises and outlines who is responsible for compliance.
Article 14 of the RRFSO states: “Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with emergency lighting of adequate intensity in the case of failure of their normal lighting”.
UK legislation requires that both new and existing buildings meet the Workplace Directive (89/654). Fire certificates are no longer issued or used to demonstrate compliance for fire safety.
BS 5266-1 is a code of practice giving detailed guidance on the application and practice of emergency lighting.
Emergency lighting is covered by various pieces of legislation and regulations including:
- Building Regulations 2000 which define the size of rooms that must have emergency lighting
- The Construction Products Directive. This is implemented by building control officers. Requirements are given in Approved Document B Fire Safety (Statutory)
- Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) 2005 (Statutory) – England & Wales
- The Fire (Scotland) Act 2006
- Fire & Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
- The Signs Directive (90/664) implemented in the UK by Statutory Instrument 341 (Statutory)
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (Statutory)
Emergency lighting is a range of backup lights that will operate fully automatically in the event of a power failure. It provides sufficient illumination to enable all occupants of a building to evacuate the premises safely during a blackout.
If you are a business or landlord located in West Bromwich, and are looking for a company to assist with emergency lighting, please get in touch with us today on 0121 204 6572.
There are Four Main Types of Emergency Lighting
Escape Route Lighting
Helps reduce panic and identify evacuation routes and obstacles in emergency situations such as a fire or security incident. It ensures that the means of escape out of the premises is effectively identified, sufficiently illuminated, and can be safely used by the occupants of the building.
Open Area Lighting
Often referred to an anti-panic lighting, this ensures there is sufficient lighting to enable building occupants to reach a place where an escape route can be identified. Open area lighting applies to floor areas larger than 60m².
High Risk Task Area Lighting
This provides higher levels of illumination to allow potentially dangerous processes to be shut down or stopped prior to evacuation, for example turning off major machinery equipment.
Stay Put / Emergency Safety Lighting
Occupants will be allowed to stay in the premises until there is less than 1-hour duration left in the emergency lighting. The system then allows them to be directed or escorted to a low risk location. It must be clear how long occupants can stay and how the end of the ‘stay put’ period will be indicated. The plan should also make clear what happens at the end of the emergency duration and how will occupants be directed to safe refuges.
Emergency Lighting Servicing and Maintenance
Emergency Lighting maintenance is a legal requirement in commercial premises.
To find out how Fire Protection West Bromwich can provide the full solution to your requirements for emergency lighting, please get in touch for a no obligation Service & Maintenance Package quotation today.
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All electrical testing carried out by our company is in full accordance with the IEE Code of Practise for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment. Our fully accredited engineers use only use the best and most upto date test equipment
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