Emergency Lighting
Emergency lighting legislation and standards
The requirement for emergency lighting in non-domestic premises is laid out in legislation throughout the United Kingdom. Here Matt Tighe, technical service manager with ESP, briefly considers the requirements of legislation and the British Standards and Codes of Practice that apply to the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of emergency lighting systems.
Legislation
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) in England and Wales, Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and the Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 detail a series of legislative requirements for persons having responsibility for occupants of a building. The FSO uses the term ‘responsible person’ and ‘nominated person’ is used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Under the FSO, the responsible person must take such general fire precautions as will ensure
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the safety of his employees and those persons who are not his employees but who are using his premises (clause 8 FSO).
Amongst other things, clause 14 of the FSO requires that:Emergency routes and exits must be indicated by signs Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with emergency lighting of adequate intensity in the case of failure of their normal lighting. In addition to the requirements of the FSO and other legislation, Part B1 of the Building Regulations (England and Wales) requires that the building is designed to include, ‘…
appropriate means of escape in case of fire…’. Similar requirements exist in Schedule 5, clause 2.10 of the Building (Scotland) Regulations. Legislation details the requirements for emergency escape lighting; however, it is the various British Standards and codes of practice that provide the necessary guidance on how emergency escape lighting systems should be designed and installed.
Guidance
The guidance available for those designing, installing and maintaining emergency lighting
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