Exit and Emergency lighting is of critical importance for every business operating in Australia in order to ensure the continued safety of both customers and staff visiting your businesses premises. Not only is emergency exit lighting critically important, it is also legally required, for all businesses, in all states of Australia, with heavy penalties in place for those who do not comply with regulations. But what is emergency lighting and why do you need it? Well, it all comes down to one word. SAFETY!
Emergency exit lighting ensures safety of anyone and everyone within your business, whether it be your staff and your customers, emergency exit lighting ensures that everyone can be directed to a safe exist. Emergency exit lighting involves inbuilt signage, which directs and guides your staff and customers to the exit points, in the event of an emergency situation, with the lighting enabling people to see clearly and be guided accurately to a point of exit and a point of safety.
Types of emergency situations can range from anything from floods through to fire. Unlike regular signage that existing within your business, such as warnings, advice and directives which are normally unlit and positioned throughout the business on various materials, emergency exit signs are lit, located above each safe exit point and have inbuilt batteries that ensure they continue to operate, illuminating light, even when the power to your premises is not connected or switched off. Under current legislation in Victoria, the amount of time that emergency lighting is required to continue operating for, without mains powers, is 90 minutes, and as the name suggests the purpose of emergency exit lighting is to ensure that people on your premises are able to find the exist in an emergency.
Millerwatts Electricians are Collingwood’s leading electrical specialists when it comes to both the installation and maintenance of your businesses emergency exit lighting. Our fully qualified A Grade electricians, can not only install your emergency exit lighting, ensuring continued compliance with all relevant legislation, but our repair and regular maintenance and inspection services, ensure that your staff and customers are safe in the event of an emergency. Whilst many business owners, believe that hiring an electrician to test a battery-operated light is a waste of time, imagine an emergency occurring at your business and the safety of your staff and customers being jeopardised by a poorly maintained emergency exit light. It is just not worth the risk. With safety of paramount importance, and emergency exit lighting proven to save lives, it is important to let our team of qualified and highly experienced experts handle your emergency exit lighting needs.
For further information on our emergency exit lighting services, and to find out how the team at Milerwatts can help ensure your business meets all relevant legislative requirements and also to ensure the continued safety of your team of staff and valuable customers, give our customer service team a call today, and make an appointment with Collingwood’s most trusted and well-respected electrical team