Liam Jones
Founder, Pilla App
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Learn how to carry out monthly emergency lighting tests, build emergency lighting checks into your health and safety system with Pilla, and use AI to automate the process.
Join Liam Jones, founder of Pilla and a qualified food safety consultant, for a session on monthly emergency lighting tests.
Understand
Emergency lighting guides people to safety when the power fails. Batteries degrade, bulbs fail and faults develop silently. Because these lights only activate during power failures, you might not discover a fault until the worst possible moment, unless you test monthly.
The monthly test should be brief, just a few minutes, long enough to verify units illuminate but not long enough to significantly discharge batteries. This is a functional check, not a battery duration test. You must physically check every emergency light unit, not just look at a panel. Walk escape routes, stairways, exit signs and high-risk areas, noting whether each light is at normal brightness, dim (suggesting battery weakness) or completely dead.
A dim emergency light is a warning sign that the battery is failing and the unit may be completely dead next month. Count it as a faulty unit, record its location and report it to your maintenance contractor. Monthly staff tests verify that units illuminate, while the annual professional test involves a full three-hour discharge to confirm battery duration under load. Both are necessary and monthly testing does not replace annual professional inspections.
Apply
See how emergency lighting tests fit into your wider health and safety management system in Pilla. We walk through how to build this into your system so that your team has clear processes, accountability, and a documented trail that proves compliance.
Automate
Learn how AI can speed up this process and connect Pilla to your other tools, giving you a much more joined up system across your business.
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