ADS Group tests, certifies, designs and installs emergency lighting to I.S. 3217 across Waterford city and county. The standard requires a monthly functional test and an annual full-duration discharge test, normally three hours. In healthcare and production premises the escape strategy is not a simple exit, and the lighting has to support the strategy the building actually uses.
Where occupants move to an adjoining compartment rather than outside, the lit route is the one through the fire doors into that compartment, including the space they will wait in. A design that only lights the path to an external exit misses what the building is actually going to do.
An escape route through a production area passes machinery, level changes and equipment that moves. Those points need lighting, and they are where a generic layout leaves gaps.
The older city core has routes with stairs, turns and low headroom, each of which needs lighting, and interiors that cannot take surface trunking. Both are solvable, but not with a standard fitting layout.
Full detail on the system types, the standards and the certification process is on the Emergency Lighting page, and everything else we cover in the county is on the Waterford page.
An engineer assesses the site, reviews the existing system and its documentation, and returns a written scope of works.
