Emergency lighting for Southampton buildings
Southampton combines port and logistics premises, student accommodation and city-centre flats, 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 Southampton
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 Southampton
- Offices and retail
- Blocks of flats
- HMOs
- Warehouses
- Schools
- Hotels and care homes
Areas we cover from Southampton
From Southampton we also cover Winchester (11 miles), Portsmouth (15 miles), Newport (Isle of Wight) (15 miles), Salisbury (20 miles) and Bournemouth (25 miles). Elsewhere in Hampshire we work in Portsmouth, Basingstoke and Winchester. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for emergency lighting in South East England is handled the same way.