Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in Edinburgh run emergency lighting programmes under Scotland's regulatory framework. Here's what applies, how often it's due, and how local providers manage it with Kaarr.
In Scotland the maintenance duty arises under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 regime, with BS 5266-1 defining the same monthly and annual testing standard.
Emergency escape lighting is a required fire safety measure in most blocks — and the item most often flagged in fire authority audits when monthly test logs are missing. The FRA relies on it working; the testing records prove it does.
Edinburgh is in Scotland, so the governing framework is: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 · BS 5266-1. In Scotland the maintenance duty arises under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 regime, with BS 5266-1 defining the same monthly and annual testing standard.
The annual test discharges every emergency fitting for its full rated duration — usually three hours — to prove the batteries will last a real evacuation. Fittings that fail are replaced.
BS 5266-1 sets the testing regime: a brief monthly function test of every luminaire, and an annual full-duration (usually 3-hour) test with a certificate. Kaarr schedules both and chases the evidence.
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