This one-day course enables fire safety professionals to design an emergency lighting system. The course is based on BS 5266-1
Who’s it for?
- Engineers with some basic knowledge of lamps and light fittings
- More experienced engineers
What other experience/training is needed to take the course?
- Basic knowledge of lamps and light fittings
What does this course cover?
- Basic regulations, relevant Standards, and when emergency lighting is needed
- Types of emergency lighting
- Exit sign pictograms, luminance and viewing distances
- Luminance requirements, lux levels, uniformity and duration requirements
- Emergency lighting for cinema and theatre auditoria
- Choosing maintained or nonmaintained luminaries
- Design procedures covering all points of emphasis, such as stairs
- Using manufacturers’ spacing tables for escape routes and open areas
- Simple designs for high risk areas
- Conversion of mains luminaries for emergency use, achieving lux levels and using conversion spacing tables
- Disability glare and colour requirements
- Basic installation, wiring and fuse protection
- Testing and servicing to BS 5266-8
- Automatic testing
What are the benefits of taking this course?
- Being able to design, install, test and maintain emergency lighting systems
- Engineers will gain the knowledge and understanding to be able to provide advice on emergency lighting, design a lighting scheme and be able to install, test and maintain as required
- Course manuals to take away and refer to
