Emergency Lighting Guide

Emergency Lighting Overview

If you are unsure what type of emergency lighting you require our technical overview will allow you to compare each light easily.

Planning your emergency lighting installation does not have to be confusing. Whilst it can be easy to miss out important areas / locations in your premises, our helpful step by step guide will direct you in what to look out for and what needs to be addressed.

Locating Your Emergency Lights

An overview showing where lights should be fitted in a premises

Installing emergency lights in your premises is not just about showing users the fire exits. Lights must be carefully located to provide sufficient illumination according to the different areas of a premises and must conform to the latest legislation.

Installing Safety Signs

Ensuring your premises has appropriate fire escape route signs, fire exit signs and fire safety info signs is essential

Escape route signs should be installed in a premises to indicate to users which directions to follow in the event of an emergency evacuation. All escape route and fire safety signs must conform to British Standards in order to be deemed safe, ensuring that the text, colour and images on signs are comprehensible from "safe" distances.

Testing Emergency Lighting

A guide as to the frequency and methods of testing your emergency lighting

Fitting an emergency lighting system in your premises is mandatory for most businesses. Ensuring that the right units are chosen and installed is only half of the job. Maintaining the units and ensuring continual compliance is an ongoing responsibility. In this section we detail what you as the 'responsible person' are obliged to do.