Emergency lighting and guidance lighting are essential for the safety of building occupants
where a sudden loss of light would prevent safe passage from the premises.
Emergency lighting and guidance lighting are essential for the safety of building occupants
where a sudden loss of light would prevent safe passage from the premises.
The Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005 and British Standard 5266 Part 1: – The code of practice for emergency escape lighting – which provides general guidance on the provision and operation of emergency lighting. Guidance on risk assessments in all types of premises except individual dwelling houses state that emergency lighting is needed in the following circumstances:
There are three main kinds of emergency lighting systems;
The required operating duration for emergency lighting varies according to the use of the building and can vary from a minimum of one hour to three hours depending on the requirements of the building or the activities taking place within the premises.
British Standard 5266: Part 8 requires that installed emergency lighting systems shall have continued maintenance and periodic testing carried out, as defined in the standard. In practice, the emergency luminaires must be functionally tested every month and for their full rated duration annually.
The purpose of this periodic testing is to ensure the satisfactory operation of each emergency luminaire, to establish that the light output from each luminaire is sufficient, and ultimately that the system is still fit for purpose and that it corresponds with the requirements of the standards.
For safety reasons, the standards advise that the emergency lighting testing should be carried out at times of least risk to the buildings occupants or if possible, when the premises are unoccupied or in unoccupied portions of those premises.
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