PROTECTING YOUR STAFF IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY
ACS Networks (UK) Ltd can design and install your emergency lighting and perform annual emergency lighting tests to ensure all your legal requirements are met.
Emergency lighting is lighting for an emergency situation when the main power supply is cut and any normal illumination fails. The loss of mains electricity could be the result of a fire or a power cut and the normal lighting supplies fail. This may lead to sudden darkness and a possible danger to the occupants, either through physical danger or panic.
Emergency lighting is normally required to operate automatically and give illumination of a sufficient level to enable all occupants to evacuate the premises safely.
Emergency Lighting is lighting that automatically comes on when the power supply to the normal lighting provision fails and is a general term which is sub-divided into emergency escape lighting and standby lighting.
Emergency escape lighting – that part of an emergency lighting system that provides illumination for the safety of people leaving a location or attempting to terminate a potentially dangerous process beforehand. It is part of the fire safety provision of a building and a requirement of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Standby lighting– that part of an emergency lighting system provided to enable normal activities to continue substantially unchanged. This guide does not include standby lighting as it is not a legal requirement and is a facility that may or may not be needed, depending on the use and occupancy of the premises, etc.