Monthly Archives: February 2012

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  Emergency Lighting

  Posted on February 1, 2012 by bill in NewsFeed

  The purpose of emergency lighting is to ensure that if the normal lighting fails the escape routes routes are maintained safe to use.    The alleyway above, which is a pathway from an exit, leading round the building, has no lighting at all.  A night shift operates, so that persons are at work when the escape [...]

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  Factory roof lights

  Posted on February 1, 2012 by bill in NewsFeed

  Typical construction in factories will include roof lights like these.  Should a fire occur, the steelwork in the structure loses 2/3 of its strength by about 550 degrees C.   Fires can easily bring about temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees C.  Structural collapse becomes a distinct possibility.  Pictures of the aftermath of fires in industrial units [...]

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