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Posted By Sinead Butler
Is there any requirement to illuminate exit signs (green backgound with a white running man) with a bulb linked to the emergency lighting system or can I use photoluminescent signage instead? (There is an emergency lighting system in rooms anyway)
Currently the covers with the running man are being damaged and more often than not all I have is a naked light bulb!
Thanks for any advice,
Sinead
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Posted By BeSafe
Hi Sinead,
It would depend on the type of venue such as shops or offices or leisure and would be influenced by your fire risk assessment. There are also other issues to consider such as whether it is in a staff only or public area, numbers involved, level of natural lighting, hours building is in use etc. There is also this document - BS 5266-1:2005 Emergency lighting. Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises.
The basic question to ask is if the mains lighting fails how will this effect persons evacuating the premises?
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Posted By BeSafe
Another thought! There is a range of anti-vandal type fittings, the sort you sometimes see in shopping centres and indoor car parks. These would be ideal for a harsh working environment. I've seen a brick thrown at one and it not break, so it may be worth changing your exit sign luminaires for something like this. The worst that can happen then (probably!) is the running man sticker legend getting scratched or peeled away.
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Posted By Sinead Butler
The signage is for a factory. There is emergency lighting in all the areas and this doesn't get damaged as it attached to the ceiling. The exit signs are lower i.e over doors and are constantly getting broken (I don't know why). So the plan is to maybe replace the exit signs with photoluminescent signs which would glow with reduced lighting.
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Posted By shaun mckeever It depends on the type of premises e.g. cinemas need maintained escape lighting (permanently lit) whereas an office only requires non-maintained escape lighting (only lit on failure of power supply). Personally I don't think there ought to be a need for photoluminescent signs because there should not be a total blackout but having experienced a total blackout in a building where they were fitted I found them very useful.Check the following two sites for information but bear in mind they are biased towards the products they sell:- www.jalite.co.ukwww.menvier.co.ukShaun
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Posted By shaun mckeever
oops - obviously writing my response at the same time as you posted your response
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