Safety Lighting in Emergencies
There’s perhaps nothing more crucial in an emergency situation than clearly visible and legible information – when any delay in the ability to make split-second, high-stress decisions can mean the difference between life and death.
Public and high-traffic private environments have legally required emergency protocols for the fast, efficient and safe evacuation and dispersal of people of all ages, abilities, languages and cultures. This means that only the simplest, most universal associations and forms of communication can be utilised in emergency lighting, such as using traffic light colour systems to identify safety and danger, or lighting a path to a suitable exit like a trail of breadcrumbs.
Outdoor Emergency Lighting Positioning
Different emergency situations require emergency lights in different locations. For example, ceilings offer the most flexibility to position lit directional signage in highly specific locations, but ceiling-mounted lights won’t be visible in a smoke-filled area, while floor-mounted signage will be seen by children and those staying low, but hidden in submerged water or behind the feet of a crowd.
Giving specifiers the ability to position emergency lighting above or below the eye line as ceiling-, floors- or wall-mounted emergency lighting is an imperative that depends on the likely and possible type of emergency situation.
Discover Outdoor Emergency Lighting
All mechanical, measurements and environmental suitability details for each emergency lighting option can be found on the individual light’s product page, along with links to the rest of the emergency lighting collection. Further links for specifiers to request CAD files, catalogues, dealer information and other specifications directly from the manufacturers can also be found on Architonic.
