JALITE Sign Survey!

Throughout our 40-year history, JALITE have campaigned tirelessly to impress upon the fire safety industry, the importance of fire safety signs in protecting life safety. Despite the legal requirement for fire safety signs, this vital piece of fire safety equipment has often been an afterthought.

For JALITE, fire safety signs are our life.  We understand through our own in-house research and development, involvement in setting British and International Standards, and from the outcomes of research into human behaviour during an emergency, how integral fire safety signs are. Moreover, when these signs are designed poorly, installed incorrectly, missing, or unmaintained, the risks to people and property only develop further.

JALITE authorised distributors naturally share this same passion for quality fire safety signs, understanding how imperative safety signs are in deterring delays, and allowing evacuees to egress safely with efficiency.

JALITE are looking for individuals who through completing sign surveys can be hailed fire safety sign specialists. Essentially, JALITE are looking to support individuals that can specify and/ or install fire safety signs with a methodical approach, with the confidence to advise end users in industrial and commercial and housing settings. These individuals go beyond to exceed recommendations that arise from formal fire risk assessment, working towards both compliance and conformance.

In our pledge to get more feedback from you this year to build upon our services for you, we want to hear from you to determine your current capabilities to complete sign surveys. As with this information, we can then filter new business enquiries straight to you. We would also like to know if you would be interested in developing the knowledge necessary for sign surveys, which JALITE plan to facilitate.

Below we will provide JALITE sign survey worksheet, with our recommended fire safety signs usually suggested for compliance. The worksheet also doubles as a resource that eases the ordering process with us for the required signs, if applicable.

However, before we provide this, we thought we would touch on what a sign survey is and why the are needed.

What is a Sign Survey?

A sign survey is a comprehensive report to identify safety sign deficiencies within certain areas such as hospitals, factories, warehouses, retail environments etc.

Responsible Persons such as building owners will often enlist the help of a sign surveyor, to begin to meet the requirements and significant findings of the formal fire risk assessment,

In essence, the sign survey is a way to fulfil compliance of The Health and Safety (Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996, which mandates that safety signs be sited to minimise potential risks based upon the unique hazards of a particular environment.

Sign surveys require a specialist confident in their knowledge of fire safety signs, especially as surveying is often conducted within huge multi-level areas with unique and complex potential risks.

Thus, surveyors are required to be competent, confident, and knowledgeable to ensure compliance.  

The sign survey must encourage consistency and uniformity that identifies, informs, instructs, and locates hazards through the following:

• Designs of signs
• Location of signs
• Distances between signs
• Sign sizes
• Sign types
• Safety sign heights.

At JALITE we are notorious for combining the compliance to legislation with conformance to Standards for best code of practice, recommending the use of following photoluminescent fire safety signs:

• Escape route signs.
• Mandatory signs
• Prohibition signs
• Firefighting signs
• Warning signs.

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JALITE Authorised Distributor Sign Surveyors

JALITE are always inundated with enquires and requests for sign surveys from end users- your potential customers. However, as a manufacturer our only aim is to support our country wide network of authorised distributors by passing such enquiries to those who have individuals that are sign surveyors.

Since our beginnings, we have strayed away from competing with our authorised distributors operating fairly by distributing work by region and your existing relationships, to filter enquiries straight to you, to help you further your business.

In order to exclusively pass requests for sign surveys straight to you, please let us know if you currently have a sign surveyor on your team.

JALITE Sign Survey Training

If you are a JALITE authorised distributor that does not currently provide sign surveys and are interested in developing this area of your business, we want to hear from you too please. We are in the process of developing a programme as part of career development, that will equip your team with the competencies needed to complete sign surveys.

With demands for Responsible Persons, service and maintenance providers, and installer’s to work together to record competencies, compliance and conformance, JALITE sign survey training is the perfect opportunity to build upon knowledge. In the current climate, it will only provide further confidence for your team, with hopes for building long term business and relationships with your existing and prospective customers.

Contact us!

If you have any questions about sign surveys or would like to take part in our training as part of career development, please contact us at sales@jalite.com or +44(0) 1268242300 for more information.