Emergency lighting for Derry buildings
Northern Ireland has its own fire safety order, its own HMO licensing law and its own building regulations, so compliance work here follows Northern Ireland legislation rather than the rules in Great Britain.
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 Derry
In Northern Ireland, fire safety in non-domestic premises and the common areas of houses in multiple occupation is governed by the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and the Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, and enforced by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.
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 Derry
- Offices and retail
- Blocks of flats
- HMOs
- Warehouses
- Schools
- Hotels and care homes
Areas we cover from Derry
From Derry we also cover Omagh (27 miles), Ballymena (42 miles), Enniskillen (47 miles), Craigavon (53 miles) and Lisburn (61 miles). If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for emergency lighting in Northern Ireland is handled the same way.