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Introduction to Photoluminescent Safety Egress Systems
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In June 2004, New York City Council approved new Building Code Local Law 26 requiring Photoluminescent signs and Photoluminescent markings at exit doors and in emergency staircases of High Rise Office Buildings (75 feet or taller) by July 1, 2006
The Department of Buildings published its technical standard FINAL Draft RS 6-1 on April 7, 2005,
NEW
YORK CITY BUILDING CODE REFERENCE STANDARD
RS 6-1, PHOTOLUMINESCENT LOW LEVEL EXIT PATH MARKINGS
has now been finalized
on the 31st May 2005. Photoluminescent signs are now required to be
installed on doors leading to exits and photoluminescent markings shall be
installed in exit stairs of all High Rise Office Buildings 75 feet or taller by
July 1, 2006.
The Standard can be viewed
at : http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/rs_6-1.pdf
Latest Natural Disaster : Hurricane Katrina knocks out power in Florida. August 26 2005 at 02:56PM
Hurricane Katrina hit land at 6:10 AM CDT on Monday, August 29th, near Grande Isle, Louisiana.
Hurricane Katrina causes Wide Spread Power cuts through out L.A.
Hundred of Thousands of customers without power.
Wide Spread Flooding throughout New Orleans
Earthquakes,
Natural Disaster, Acts of Terrorism, Power Failures, Fires can happen at any
time of the day or night. Panic and Fear can often Grip us all.
Photoluminescence
comes to the Rescue
We
all know that disasters lurk around every corner. They can happen at anytime,
anywhere and without warning. All of us at one time or another will encounter,
deal with disasters in greater or lesser magnitude. Our measure of preparedness
dictates how well we weather such storms - do we come out unharmed, or looking
like we've been through a major war.
Sometimes
disasters are relatively minor, such as a simple 2 minute power failure .
Occasionally, thankfully less often, they can be horrendous, such as with the
First US Interstate fire of 1988, the World Trade Center attack of 2001
and in most recent times Hurricane Katrina Monday, 29
August 2005, 15/08 2003 -
Biggest Blackout in North American History and Hurricane Isabel
. A
disaster can be of limited scope, as with water dripping on a computer system,
or it can be of city-wide magnitude, as with a major earthquake, flooding, Fire
or an Act of terrorism.
All of these extremes fall within the realm of disaster planning. All levels of disaster must be examined, thought out, discussed, planned, implemented, and most importantly (and most often forgotten) tested over and over again.
73%
of deaths in fires in buildings are caused by smoke. Fires can produce dense
smoke which can quickly fill buildings from the ceiling down within minutes,
Many accidents can happen when people try to evacuate buildings during power
failures and fires, when lighting
is limited or no longer available.
A
simple Long-persistence Photoluminescent Emergency egress system, marking out
escape routes can make an important contribution to people's abilities to find
their way out of a building quickly, efficiently and above all safely.
Reports show that
on September 11th 2001 a
high percentage of the
occupants in the Twin Towers, who escaped the collapse
can attribute or at least in
part their escape due, to the fact that placement
of photoluminescent paint and markings on the egress paths assisted occupants
during egress and that training programs had been put in place following the bombing
of the World Trade center1993.
Photoluminescent
materials and the planning of such
Photoluminescent systems, is the basis for this website. This website explains what a Long-Persistence Photoluminescent Emergency egress system is and
how it can further contribute to human safety in circumstances in which there is
1)
Reduced lighting or smoke from fires in buildings.
2)
Where there are way finding difficulties.
3)
Where not all routes are familiar to the majority of building users.
The
effectiveness of Photoluminescent materials are appraised in relation to
electrical lighting systems. Although not yet introduced fully into codes and
standards, recent research and development work in USA, Great Britain Germany,
Sweden, suggests that a Photoluminescent escape system, if correctly applied,
can be more effective and efficient than
Standard emergency lighting in terms of maintenance, costs, and as an aid to
Safe evacuation.
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