High-Quality Emergency Lighting for Safe Evacuation Routes

In the event of a fire or power failure, a building's normal lighting can be lost, instantly plunging escape routes into darkness and causing confusion and panic. Emergency lighting is a critical life-safety system designed to activate automatically in such an event, illuminating the path to safety and enabling an orderly and safe evacuation.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, almost all non-domestic premises are legally required to have an adequate and properly maintained emergency lighting system. It is a fundamental part of your fire safety strategy.

Gilbert Electrical & Security are experts in the design, installation, and maintenance of compliant emergency lighting systems, ensuring your premises meet all legal requirements and your people are protected.

We provide an end-to-end service to ensure your system is designed correctly, installed professionally, and maintained to be reliable year after year.

System Design to BS 5266 Standards

A compliant system requires careful planning. Our experienced designers create a full lighting scheme based on the British Standard BS 5266, ensuring:

• Clear illumination of all designated escape routes and corridors.
• Visibility for any changes in floor level, such as stairs and ramps.
• Identification of the location of fire-fighting equipment (extinguishers) and fire alarm call points.
• That all final exit doors and the areas outside them are clearly lit.

Professional Installation

Our NICEIC approved electricians will install your system using modern, energy-efficient LED luminaires for long life and low running costs. We will fit the correct type of luminaire for each location, including:

• Non-Maintained: The most common type, these fittings activate only when the mains power fails.
• Maintained: These fittings are illuminated at all times and remain on during a power failure, often used in public spaces like theatres and cinemas.
• Illuminated Exit Signs: Clearly marking the route to safety.

Testing & Maintenance Contracts

Your legal responsibility does not end after installation. Regular testing of your emergency lighting is mandatory to ensure it will function correctly in an emergency.

We offer cost-effective maintenance contracts to manage this for you, including:

• Monthly functional tests to check that all luminaires activate correctly.
• Annual full-duration tests, where the system is tested for its full rated period (typically 3 hours) to ensure the batteries and components are in good working order.

We provide full documentation and logbook entries after every service, giving you a complete record of compliance.

• Full Compliance: We design, install, and test all systems in strict accordance with BS 5266 and the Fire Safety Order.
• Expert Engineers: All work is carried out by qualified, competent, and experienced electricians.
• An Integrated Partner: We can manage your emergency lighting as part of a complete fire safety maintenance package, including your fire alarm and extinguishers.
• Peace of Mind: With a professionally managed system, you can be confident that you are fulfilling your legal duties and ensuring the safety of everyone in your building.

Ensure your routes to safety are always protected. Contact us today to arrange a site survey of your emergency lighting system or to discuss a maintenance contract.