Emergency Lighting Contracts

At J Fire Safety we offer a bespoke and tailored service to suit your buildings needs. We will attend on a Monthly basis and activate your emergency lights, to insure full operating. Also throughout an Annual Contract we will do a 6 month test and a full annual drain down test, prior to a contract renewal where we issue a servicing certificate.

A little more information on the checks

To test an emergency lighting system, a mains power failure on the normal lighting circuit / circuits or individual luminaries must be simulated. This will force the emergency lighting system to operate via the battery supply. This test can be carried out manually or automatically.

Monthly emergency lighting tests

All emergency lighting systems must be tested monthly. The test is a short functional test in accordance with BS EN 50172 / BS 5266-8.

The period of simulated failure should be sufficient for the purpose of this test while minimising damage to the system components, e.g. lamps. During this period, all luminaires and signs shall be checked to ensure that they are present, clean and functioning correctly.

Annual emergency lighting tests

A test for the full rated duration of the emergency lights (e.g. 3 hours) must be carried out. The emergency lights must still be working at the end of this test.

The result of the monthly and annual tests must be recorded and, if failures are detected, these must be remedied as soon as possible.

It is common for fire alarm servicing companies to carry out the annual emergency light ‘drain’ test at the same time as they carry out fire alarm system maintenance, as this fills the waiting time of the ‘drain’ test with useful activity.

A declaration of satisfactory test of operation is necessary and a log of all system tests and results must be maintained. System logbooks, with commissioning forms, testing forms and instructions, should be provided by the installer. We can issue a J Fire Safety Logbook.

For a price on an Emergency Light testing contract call today on 01903 372103, please note that combined contracts with a Fire Alarm can work out more cost effective.