Cobb & Co. provide professional emergency lighting testing and inspection throughout Sheffield and South Yorkshire for businesses, landlords, managing agents and property managers.

Emergency lighting is an important life-safety system, designed to provide illumination when the normal lighting supply fails and help occupants safely evacuate a building.

We carry out routine emergency lighting inspections, functional testing and full-duration testing, with clear reporting and practical advice where faults or remedial works are identified.

Why Is Emergency Lighting Testing Important?

Emergency lighting must remain operational in the event of a power failure or emergency.

Regular inspection and testing helps identify failed lamps, batteries, fittings and other defects before the system is needed in a real emergency.

Testing also provides building owners and responsible persons with evidence that the emergency lighting system is being appropriately maintained.

Emergency Lighting Testing Requirements

Emergency lighting systems should be inspected and tested at regular intervals in accordance with the relevant standards and the requirements for the premises.

This typically includes:

• Regular functional checks to confirm emergency fittings operate correctly

• Annual full-duration testing of emergency lighting fittings

• Checking emergency luminaires and illuminated exit signs

• Identifying damaged, failed or incorrectly operating fittings

• Recording test results and defects

• Reporting any remedial works required

The exact requirements can vary depending on the building, its use and the emergency lighting system installed.

Annual Emergency Lighting Duration Testing

A full-duration test checks that emergency lighting fittings continue to operate for their required emergency period following failure of the normal lighting supply.

During the inspection, we check the operation and condition of the emergency lighting system and identify fittings that fail to operate correctly or do not maintain adequate operation throughout the test period.

Following testing, we provide clear documentation detailing the results and any defects identified.

Emergency Lighting for Commercial & Managed Properties

We provide emergency lighting testing for a wide range of premises, including:

• Offices

• Shops and retail premises

• Restaurants, pubs and hospitality venues

• Apartment blocks and communal areas

• HMOs and managed residential buildings

• Warehouses and industrial premises

• Churches and community buildings

• Schools and educational premises

• Other commercial and public buildings

Whether you require testing at a single property or across multiple sites, we can provide ongoing inspection and compliance support.

Emergency Lighting Repairs & Remedial Works

Where faults are identified during testing, Cobb & Co. can also carry out the necessary remedial works.

This may include replacing failed emergency fittings, batteries or exit signs, repairing electrical faults and upgrading unsuitable or damaged equipment.

Keeping inspection and remedial works with one contractor provides a straightforward route from identifying a problem through to putting it right.

Ongoing Emergency Lighting Compliance

For landlords, managing agents and businesses responsible for multiple properties, we can provide ongoing emergency lighting inspection and maintenance support.

Regular testing can be scheduled to help ensure inspections are not missed and appropriate records are maintained.

This provides a simple way to manage emergency lighting compliance across individual buildings or larger property portfolios.