Port Douglas · Douglas Shire · Cairns Northern Beaches
Exit and emergency lighting testing, logbook filled in
Exit and emergency lighting inspection, discharge testing, repairs and logbooks for resorts, strata buildings and commercial premises.
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- 24/7 emergency callout
- Licence 82270
What does Queensland actually require for exit and emergency lighting?
In Queensland the legal chain runs through the Fire Services Act 1990 and the Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008, with the Queensland Fire Department stating that occupiers must ensure all fire safety installations meet the requirements of Queensland Development Code Mandatory Part 6.1.
MP 6.1 does not itself prescribe a six-monthly or annual interval. What it requires is maintenance "at intervals that are adequate to ensure fire safety installations perform to a standard no less than that which they were originally required to meet", and it names AS/NZS 2293.2 for emergency lighting maintenance.
Six-monthly inspection and annual 90 minute discharge testing is the industry practice that meets that obligation, and it is what we work to. We are careful to describe it that way rather than quote it as a legal interval, because the Code does not say it in those words.
What we do
- Six-monthly inspection of every exit sign and emergency luminaire
- Annual 90 minute discharge test with results recorded
- Battery and lamp replacement, and repair of failed fittings
- A logbook that stays on site and survives an audit
- Design and installation for new fit-outs and refurbishments
Who is responsible
The occupier holds the duty. In a strata or body corporate building the committee normally coordinates it for common property. If you are not sure where the boundary sits in your building, we will walk it with you and tell you plainly.
Sources: Queensland Fire Department, building owners and occupiers and Queensland Development Code MP 6.1.
What we install
Clevertronics, Stanilite and Haneco emergency and exit fittings, chosen so replacement gear matches what is already in the building.
- Clevertronics
- Legrand
- Stanilite
- Haneco
Who we do it for
We do this work for businesses, resorts, body corporates and property managers.
Exit and emergency lighting
Ninety minutes, every six months, written down
The standard asks for a discharge test twice a year and a logbook that shows it happened. It is the compliance item most often missed.
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01Cover the path of travel
Exits, corridors and the route somebody takes in the dark. Coverage is a design question, not a matter of one sign over the door.
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02Discharge test, not a button press
Ninety minutes on battery, every fitting, twice a year. Anything that fails gets replaced and retested rather than noted.
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03Logbook up to date
Dated entries against every fitting. It is the first thing asked for after an incident and the easiest thing to not have.
Straight answers
Exit and Emergency Lighting: your questions
How often does emergency lighting have to be tested?
Queensland Development Code MP 6.1 requires maintenance at intervals adequate to keep the system performing to its original standard, and names AS/NZS 2293.2. Six-monthly inspection and annual discharge testing is the accepted industry practice that meets that, and it is what we schedule.
What is an emergency lighting discharge test?
The mains are cut and the fittings have to run on their own batteries for 90 minutes. Anything that fails to hold up gets a new battery or a new fitting. It is the only test that proves the system will work in a real evacuation.
Who holds the emergency lighting logbook?
It stays on site. That is the point of it. We fill it in, you keep it, and it is there when an inspector or an insurer asks.
Where
We do this from Cape Tribulation down to Smithfield
Anywhere on our patch. Every area we cover has its own page with the access and the local conditions on it.
Need a licensed electrician who turns up?
Leave us a number and we will ring you back, or send the whole job through and we will quote it.