Questionnare about Emergency Lighting

Simi said:

EXIT EMERGENCY LIGHTING QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Do you know what TYPE of emergency lighting is used in your building that you work?

Where I work there's none and the local laws don't demand one

2. How is the emergency lighting powered?

normaly with constand monitored (conected to the net) SLA batteries if used in a building I specify up to 2 hours and prefer 50 watt halogen lights

3. Do you think that current emergency exit signs are sufficient, particularly in an environment that is unfamiliar?
It'always better than nothing but the cheap china ones with the small batteries that last 10 minutes and 15 watt lamps are defenetly not up for the task if you are seriously about safety.

4. Do you think that emergency exit signs can be seen clearly in all emergency situations? E.g. Fires, Blackouts.

No depnds what is burning and what kind of smokes it give.
in case of a blast the whole unit could be destroid.

5. What do you think of an emergency wayfinder? (Wayfinder – more obvious means of lighted exit signage with directions to show way of evacuation)

Good but it's extra costs and quite some architects see it as a limit on their creative art master piece if the law requires it they will be quite.

6. Do you think that a wayfinder would make a difference in terms of evacuating a building? E.g. It would speed up evacuation, Save lives?

Yes but equip these also with sound beacons.

7. From your personal experience are there any problems or issues that arise when evacuating a building?

People have the tendency to panic (it's an inpulsive action from humans on danger to escape the place of danger ) but if people aren't trained they act only inpulsive and not rational so that means chaos.

8. Do you agree that speeding up the time to evacuate a building is valuable?

Yes (bit of a stupid question)

9. From your personal experience or knowledge, have particular buildings been evacuated quicker than others? (The reason for asking is because I want to know if this can be affected by the size of the building or by the type of public building etc.)

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Simi said:

I am a Product Design student needing a bit of feedback on a very basic questionnaire about Exit Emergency Lighting. The last question is really for the Emergency Services but please fill in what you can and post it back. I really appreciate any feedback. Also your answers dont have to be long!

Many Thanks!

Miss Marway



EXIT EMERGENCY LIGHTING QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Do you know what TYPE of emergency lighting is used in your building that you work?

Battery backed up halogen and incandescents

2. How is the emergency lighting powered?

AC with powerfail relay / lead acid backup battery

3. Do you think that current emergency exit signs are sufficient, particularly in an environment that is unfamiliar?

They suck.

4. Do you think that emergency exit signs can be seen clearly in all emergency situations? E.g. Fires, Blackouts.

Can only be seen clearly for about the first ten minutes of operation then they start to dim out.

5. What do you think of an emergency wayfinder? (Wayfinder – more obvious means of lighted exit signage with directions to show way of evacuation)

If you included a laser pointing beam that indicated the direction needed to travel that would help.

6. Do you think that a wayfinder would make a difference in terms of evacuating a building? E.g. It would speed up evacuation, Save lives?

Yes.

7. From your personal experience are there any problems or issues that arise when evacuating a building?

New hires and visitors to the facility, during evac drills tend to go the wrong way to often.

8. Do you agree that speeding up the time to evacuate a building is valuable?

Yes, especially if hazardous materials are on site.

9. From your personal experience or knowledge, have particular buildings been evacuated quicker than others? (The reason for asking is because I want to know if this can be affected by the size of the building or by the type of public building etc.)

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