Construction Fire Risks

Fire Exits – Hardware and Life Safety

Don’t touch your fire exits! The exit devices frequently come to the attention when the building owner wants to take away or override its functions to provide additional or intense building security. Safety codes call for the use of fire exits in particular circumstances, and most codes forbid the use of any other lock or mechanism on the door that would prevent the use of the device or confuse the user.

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A Look At Your Emergency Lighting Options

Any system that reliably marks a means of egress in the event of power failures, hazards, or other crises can be referred to as an emergency lighting option. Normal supplies of AC power in buildings often fail during an emergency. Even if such power failures occur, emergency lighting ensures that stairways, aisles, corridors, ramps, escalators and other passageways leading to safety stay lit to direct evacuees to the nearest escape route and make possible a smooth and swift exit. Building codes in many countries require that all non-residential structures are equipped with emergency lighting.

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