Emergi-Lite Emergency Lighting Product Catalogue

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Technical reference
The requirement for emergency lighting
originates from the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and
was further enforced by the Fire Precautions
(Workplace) Regulations 1997 (Amended 1999).
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, FSO
came into force in October 2006 and now
replaces all previous fire safety legislation.
The key considerations from the Fire Safety Order are:
The FSO creates one simple fire safety legislative
control for all workplaces/non-domestic premises
Control is fire risk assessment based, with the
responsibility for fire safety resting with the
‘responsible person’ for the premises
All persons inside the building/in the vicinity who
might be affected by a fire must be protected
Employees will be required to act upon the fire risk
assessment, make remedial arrangements
accordingly and maintain the fire precautions
Failure to comply with the rules would be a breach
of law, with the consequence of enforcement or
prohibition notices being served
The fire safety risk assessment is a legal requirement,
and where a site has 5 or more employees the risk
assessment must be documented.
Fire certificates under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 are
now no longer valid. Guidance documents on the new
Fire Safety legislation have been published and the
appropriate ones must be consulted as part of the
overall fire risk assessment.
Other important legislation and regulations, such as
The Buildings Regulations and The Health and Safety
“Safety Signs and Signals” Regulations 1996, also have
a requirement for emergency lighting and must be
considered as part of the design and specification.
A number of standards have been devised to provide
guidance on application of emergency lighting in line
with legislative requirements, and to determine the
quality of product to be specified.
The major standards to be considered when designing
a high-level emergency lighting system are:
BS 5266-1, -7 and -8
This standard sets the guidelines for installation of
emergency lighting, as to the location and
frequency of emergency luminaires and exit signs,
and the minimum lighting levels required
BS EN 60598.2.22
This is the product standard which establishes the
performance requirements of emergency lighting
luminaires and internally illuminated exit signs
IEC 62034
This standard defines the requirement for
automated testing systems for emergency lighting
ICEL1001, ICEL1004 & ICEL1009
Guides and registration schemes provided by the
Industry Committee for Emergency Lighting which
define enhanced performance requirements for
the differing types of emergency lighting, backed
by independent testing