MTA’s emergency exits are a gauntlet of dangers like exposed wiring, broken handrails and missing lights: audit

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s emergency exits are a gauntlet of dangers, with crumbling walls, exposed wiring — ...
Mining

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight.com Introduces Explosion Proof Emergency Lighting System with Illuminated Exit Sign

Magnalight by Larson Electronics announced today the release of the EXP-EMG-EXT-12W-2L Explosion Proof Emergency Light with Exit Sign that provides 90 minutes of light and exit sign operation in the ...
Ohsonline.com

Exit/Emergency Lights Recalled for Performance During Power Failure

Cooper Lighting Inc., of Peachtree City, Ga., is recalling about 9,000 “Sure-Lite” and “AtLite” Exit and Emergency Lights. The lights can malfunction and not stay illuminated in the event of a power ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Managing Your Emergency Lights

For large commercial or industrial facilities that may not have windows or those that continue operations during the night shift, a power outage can create a kind of panic that feeds on itself and ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Remote Transforms Traditional Exit Sign Testing

Responsible for preventive maintenance for East Carolina University's 115 buildings in Greenville, N.C., PM engineer Anthony Patrick says his employees are required to perform 30-sec (monthly) and ...
Gizmodo

That Emergency Exit Sign Is Radioactive (But That’s Okay)

One of the major requirements of an illuminated exit sign is it has to keep glowing no matter what. That means that, if power is cut to the building, or if the sign itself gets knocked around, power ...