Emergency Systems

The purpose of emergency lighting is to provide light in the event of a mains or local power supply failure.

The emergency lighting design must take into account the following:

• Escape route signs
• Stairs so that each flight receives direct light
• Changes in floor level
• Changes of escape route direction
• Corridor intersections
• First aid posts
• Fire alarm call points or pieces of fire fighting equipment
• Outside the final exit door and to a place of safety
• Moving stairways and walkways
• Toilet facilities exceeding 8 m² or any multiple closet facility without borrowed light
• Toilet facilities for disabled use
• Motor generator, control and plant rooms
• Manual release controls for electronically locked doors
• Escape equipment for disabled people
• Refuges and call points, including disabled toilet call positions
• All other areas as deemed by the Risk Assessment