Emergency lighting

a range of backup lights that will operate fully automatically in the event of a power failure.

Emergency lighting provides sufficient illumination to enable all occupants of a building to evacuate the premises safely during a blackout.

There are four main types of emergency lighting:

Escape route lighting:

Helps reduce panic and identify evacuation routes and obstacles in emergency situations such as a fire or security incident. It ensures that the means of escape out of the premises is effectively identified, sufficiently illuminated and can be safely used by the occupants of the building.

Open area lighting:

Often referred to an anti-panic lighting, this ensures there is sufficient lighting to enable building occupants to reach a place where an escape route can be identified. Open area lighting applies to floor areas larger than 60m².

High-risk task area lighting:

This provides higher levels of illumination to allow potentially dangerous processes to be shut down or stopped prior to evacuation, for example turning off major machinery equipment.

Stay put/emergency safety lighting:

Occupants will be allowed to stay in the premises until there is less than 1-hour duration left in the emergency lighting. The system then allows them to be directed or escorted to a low risk location. It must be clear how long occupants can stay and how the end of the ‘stay put’ period will be indicated.

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