Emergency Exit Lighting signage:
What is Lighting Signage?
The lighting signage was lit by mains power and the battery will charged. In the event of a power outage, the battery would supply power to light the sign. Exit Signs and Emergency exit signage are in the category of lighting signage.
What is Emergency Exit Signage?
An exit sign is a pictogram or short text in a public areas like building, aircraft denoting the location of the closest emergency exit to be used in case of fire or other emergency that requires rapid evacuation. Generally, the exit signs around the world are in pictogram form, with or without Text made of metal with light. Exit signs and emergency lighting are installed throughout a building showing the occupants the fastest way to evacuate.
How the lighting signage work?
As battery backup systems became smaller and more efficient, exit signs began to use a dual-power system. Exit signs were more visible due to large letters. An emergency exist sign has only one lamp which is illuminated both on mains power and when mains power fails. Energy Efficient, long life LED exit signs are hard-wired and use less than 5 watts of power. Modern exit signs often can be seen indicating the path to an exit in commercial and large residential buildings that comply with fire code. Sunsigns provides super bright LED Emergency exit signages which gives 8 hours of batter backup, Deep laser etching for extra light made with a cast acrylic and seek aluminium housing body.
Standards for emergency Exit Signage:
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) developed standards for emergency exit signs. These local codes, along with workplace standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), govern the use of today’s exit signs and lights.
In chapters 11 through 43, Life Safety Code details a range of requirements pertaining to most types of buildings. Day-cares, hospitals, prisons, hotels, and industrial buildings each have their own place in the code. When those chapters require emergency lighting or exit signs, they follow the guidelines set in NFPA 101, Chapter 7: Means of Egress.
OSHA and the NFPA have the same brightness requirements for externally illuminated signs. However, NFPA 101 goes into greater depth on internally illuminated signs and lighting during a power failure.
Exit Sign in which colour?
The NFPA explains that red and green exit signs have now settled on a preference for sign colors that provide the greatest visibility. Red is the traditional colour for exit signs and is required by law in many places. However, at an early stage in the development of the Code, a provision made green the colour for exit signs.