Inspections Required in NYC High Rises

Years after the tragic events on 9/11, the New York City Council enacted Local Law 26 in order to make New York City's tall buildings safer. The law requires that building owners install photoluminescent exit signs and marking at every exit door, pathway, and stairs. The law also requires that building owners perform an annual inspection of their egress pathways and keep a record of these inspections.

It has now been some time since Local Law 26 was enacted

Has your building performed its annual inspection within the last year? Did your photoluminescent system pass in its most recent inspection? Look no further than JALITE to supply you with what you need to bring your facility into compliance. As the first approved manufacturer of compliant products and the leading manufacturer to help write the code, you can be assured that JALITE Compliant is not only Code Compliant™ but will service well.

Contact JALITE today to find out about inspection services and installations to meet the photoluminescent egress path requirements of Local Law 26.

Fire Safety Sign Audit & Review

To provide a visual inspection (up to an hour), whilst on site, of the fire safety signs within an agreed scope that can include

Means of escape route identification signs
Emergency door opening devices signs
Mandatory fire door notices
Fire action notices
Fire fighting equipment location and type identification
Specific hazard identification signs (limitation to be agreed with client, such as mind the step hazards on means of escape route, main electrical intake)
Specific prohibition notices (limitation to be agreed with client, such as  do not use the lift in event of fire)
Assembly point location signs

The Audit would look at the provision of fire safety signs expected to be in place for compliance with Legislation and Regulations.  This would include the existing signs and making an observation as to whether additional signs would be required.  In order to meet the requirements of legislation best practice advice would be given based on the relevant National and/or International Standards relating to the types of signs and their design.

The Audit would be followed up with a short report which can include;

Reference to the particular piece(s) of legislation needed to comply with Relevant Standard/Code of Practice recommendations are based on without going into specifics whether or not their signs will meet current regulations. This could be split into specific types of signs, whether additional signs would be required, whether some existing signs could be removed, including internally illuminated signs to reduce on-going energy consumption, whether or not a full fire safety signs survey would be recommended.

Stay Safe Know the Plan - Tall Building

In July of 2009, a fire broke out on the 9th floor of a 14-storey residency by the south of London. The fire quickly spread to the 11th floor where it took the lives of six residents. Weeks before the fire one of the victims had asked why there were no diagrams in the building to show where the emergency exits were. Those who perished in the fire had remained in their flat, but those who did escape the blaze described the scene as being “chaotic” and said that the maze-like layout of the building made evacuation extremely difficult. Why weren’t evacuation plans installed within the large, 14-storey building? An inquiry into the answer of that question began on January 14, 2013.
 

The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) released an article on their site that describes how to stay safe if you are in a tall building. The number one tip? Know the plan.

The article says, “Make sure that you're familiar with your building's evacuation plan, which should illustrate what residents are supposed to do in the event of an emergency.” These all important diagrams were unfortunately absent from too many tragedies.

Ensure that the occupants and staff in your facility stay safe and “know the plan.” Contact JALITE today to find out how you can install photoluminescent evacuation plans to identify the way out in both a light and dark emergency.

With JALITE evacuation plans you can rest assured that - When the lights go out, ours go on™. 

How Can You Keep First Responders Safe?

Words cannot express the importance of first responders. Every day over half a million calls are made to 9-1-1, calls which often bring first responders into action. Employees calling in an emergency at the workplace know the layout of the building, but it is more often the responders first time at the location. It is the responsibility of a business owner to ensure the safety of not only everyday occupants of the building, but also first responder in the event of an emergency.

Communicating hazards is key to the safety of both workers and first responders. “Put Yourself in Our Boots” is a campaign that emphasizes how crucial it is that business owners create a safe work environment. Their videos portray how treacherous a lack of communication can be for first responders, most of who are already being placed under deadly circumstances.

Traditional safety signs don’t communicate their message very well in an emergency. One way to keep first responders safe, is to communicate safety hazards in your facility using Jalite photoluminescent safety signs. When the lights go out, ours go on.™
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