The concept of Photoluminescent material is not a new development. In early wars, the Army they would smear it over their hands so as to be able to read Maps and Signal in hours of darkness. Earlier Photoluminescent materials have been justifiably considered to be unsatisfactory as part of safety systems, considered  more suitable for novelty application such as Glow in the Dark Toys.  This conclusion, together with a general lack of familiarity with Photoluminescent products is reflected in the absence of little or no allowance for the Photoluminescent materials in Building Codes and Life Safety Codes.

In recent years, technology has greatly advanced the performance and characteristics of Photoluminescent  materials. Together with this, there have been further developments,  new sophisticated  ways the materials are now used, a better appreciation of their unique functions, abilities for safety applications and a greater variety of types of material to suit specific safety needs.

Around the world, there is now also an increasing awareness and appreciation of the value of well-planned Long-persistence Photoluminescent Emergency egress systems, which  solves several safety and evacuation problems that are seldom answered by other means. For instance, the provision of guidelines and direction indicators at ground level can help to overcome the problems of evacuation caused by lack of visibility and disorientation in smoke conditions. In doing this, they fore-fill an important role in the safety fields.

We believe our Photoluminescent materials and systems deserve the earnest consideration of all those concerned, Building Owners, Facility Manager, Fire Marshall's, Safety Inspectors, Architects, legislation and enforcement of safety provisions.

A Long-persistence Photoluminescent Emergency egress system is a combination of Photoluminescent materials located in;

• Buildings,

• Ships,

• Defence establishments,

• Underground railways,

• Tunnels,

• Mines etc,

in a manner in which the visible directions help to ensure a safe, and above all ,orderly evacuation and prevention of panic if power fails and:  

1. There is no emergency lighting, or  

2. The emergency lighting does not work or  

3. Smoke obscures the emergency lighting.  

Photoluminescent materials absorb and store light energy when excited by natural or artificial light sources such as fluorescent light, U.V Light, sunlight, etc.  

Once excited, photoluminescent materials will gradually and continuously release absorbed energy in the form of visible light for a  period of time even after the excitation source is removed and will remain visible to dark-adapted eyes for more than 20+ hours.

The types of Photoluminescent materials used are:

 (1) Paints, 

 (2) PVC Foils,

 (3) Plastic sheet,

 (4) Tapes

 (5) Plastic Marker Indicators.

 (6) Ceramics Markers

 (7) Carpet  and Flooring Vinyl's

These are arranged as stripes, bands or arrows on walls, floors and stairs, on and around doors, behind emergency equipment, and as printed signs and diagrams.

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