Emergency lighting

A friend has a salon where she carries out treatment.Most of the visitors are ladies including pensioners. It consists of two rooms most of which are below ground level.

Access is down a set of external steps into one room. This hastwo couches a chair and desk. There is a door leading into a toilet witha small window. This is the only natural light.

Two doors side by side give access to the second room. THis has two treatment tables, a sink  worktop and cupboard.

The wiring is part of the ring main system for the house which is connected to the salon.

What type of emergency lighting would be suitable for this situatin in case of a power failure. The rooms would be in total darkness until the main access door was opened.

depends what the risk assessment says. BS5266 would also be a good start, there are plenty guides to it too

Or you could apply some  common sense  , just fit  enough  NM fittings  to enable people to leave  without panic . 

I would draw up a sketch plan, showing proposed locations of self contained fittings, and run it by the local fire authority.(who may refer you to a council officer) .

One fitting per enclosed space plus one outside the final exit door would probably be OK.

I had some dealings with escape lights a lot of years ago; the Standards were not difficult to follow and did largely correspond with common sense but for some reason the local authority wanted all maintained fittings. Its better to hear something like that before installing them!

What lighting do you currently have? Fancy or plain? How is it wired 3plate to ceiling? 

I'd have thought for a place like that ,  illuminate the escape route  at 1Lm  ,  illuminate any change of direction  or level  ,  if you use one with EXIT on it or the Euro Running man  , it's  not to be classed as a light  only a sign .    Should'nt be too difficult  .

Just a thought , if you involve the council  they'll probably shut it down  or order a fire escape tunnel to be dug .         

Evans Electric said:

I'd have thought for a place like that ,  illuminate the escape route  at 1Lm  ,  illuminate any change of direction  or level  ,  if you use one with EXIT on it or the Euro Running man  , it's  not to be classed as a light  only a sign .    Should'nt be too difficult  .

Just a thought , if you involve the council  they'll probably shut it down  or order a fire escape tunnel to be dug .         

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And don't forget that the Man "running left" can only be used if the exit is to the left. In all other cases it has to be "man running right"  :C

I heard that emergency lights are on the way out......  :coat

revjames said:

I heard that emergency lights are on the way out......  :coat

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So what happens after Br EXIT?