Exit & Emergency Lighting
We supply, install and maintain:
- Exit & Emergency Lights
- Smoke Alarms
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Exit & Emergency Lights
Emergency Exit Lights are an essential safety feature that has been required to help those who are inside the building, exit as quickly and safely as possible. When a fire breaks out in a building, the lights will often go out and the smoke can fill the room, making it difficult or impossible to see. Emergency Exit Lights prevent this as they stay lit even when the electricity goes out and helps guide anyone in the building to a safe exit.
Building Code and Regulations
Exit & Emergency Lighting does have to meet certain building codes and regulations to ensure it’s installed where it can easily be seen in a fire. They also need to be maintained regularly to ensure it’s working properly.
Essentially, Exit & Emergency Lights need to be installed in all enclosed spaces including stairwells and hallways that are longer than six meters. Rooms smaller than 100 square meters that were built before the first of July in 1994 may not require exit lights, but it’s still a good idea to have them installed anyway. Emergency Exit lights can remain on all of the time or can instead, only come on when the electricity goes out. Doors that are part of the pathway to a required exit must also have an emergency sign above them to help people easily find the way out of the building when the lights have gone out. These signs must also be able to be operational when the electricity is off for the entire building so they can still be easily seen. They should feature an image of a person running and a directional sign to comply with the most recent guidelines.
Exit & Emergency Lighting Maintenance
The maintenance of Emergency Exit Lights and signs is essential to ensure they continue to operate correctly. The lights and signs should be inspected every six months to comply with Australian Standards 2293.1, and should be tested by a qualified professional. The talented team at Gold Coast Fire Protection are qualified to test the batteries or other alternative power source for the emergency signs to ensure they are working properly and illuminate in the event of a power outage. It is important that Emergency Exit Lights and signs be kept in working condition at all times in case an emergency occurs.
Gold Coast Fire Protection have experts on hand ready to assist you with any Exit & Emergency Lighting queries - just give us a call 1300 GC FIRE.