Emergency lighting for Colchester buildings
The East of England has fast-growing new towns, historic market towns, science parks and a busy logistics sector around its ports. Timber-framed listed buildings and modern warehousing sit side by side, each with very different fire detection needs.
When the mains supply fails, emergency lighting has to light escape routes, exits, changes of direction and firefighting equipment for long enough for everyone to leave. For most buildings that means three hours.
We design layouts from a survey, install maintained or non-maintained fittings, and carry out the monthly functional tests and annual full-duration tests that BS 5266-1 expects. For larger sites, self-test and addressable emergency lighting systems cut testing time and give you an automatic record.
The rules that apply in Colchester
In England, fire safety in non-domestic premises and the common parts of blocks of flats is governed by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as amended by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. Higher-risk residential buildings are also covered by the Building Safety Act 2022, which is overseen by the Building Safety Regulator.
What is included
- Emergency lighting survey and design
- Installation of escape route, open area and high-risk task lighting
- Illuminated exit signage
- Monthly functional tests
- Annual full rated-duration tests
- Self-test and central battery systems
- Certificates and logbook records
Buildings we work on in Colchester
- Offices and retail
- Blocks of flats
- HMOs
- Warehouses
- Schools
- Hotels and care homes
Areas we cover from Colchester
From Colchester we also cover Ipswich (16 miles), Chelmsford (21 miles), Bury St Edmunds (25 miles), Southend-on-Sea (25 miles) and Basildon (28 miles). Elsewhere in Essex we work in Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and Harlow. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for emergency lighting in East of England is handled the same way.