Emergency lighting installation and testing in Halesowen
Self-contained emergency lighting for Halesowen shops, offices, workshops, schools and care homes: installed, tested and logged by our own engineers, from our office on Shelah Road. If the power goes, your people can see the way out. If a fire officer or insurer asks, your records are ready.
- Free site survey, no obligation
- Monthly and annual tests carried out by our own engineers
- Designed and tested to BS 5266-1:2025
- Breakdown cover on maintenance contracts
Accredited & approved
Your local emergency lighting team
We're SAFE Fire & Security Systems, a BAFE registered, NSI approved and NICEIC approved company based at La Husbands, Shelah Road, Halesowen. SAFE was set up by Martin and Adam, two local engineers from Halesowen, to give local businesses a more personal service. Our own engineers fit and test every system, and most Halesowen premises are only a few minutes from our office.
The problems we find in Halesowen buildings
Emergency lighting is easy to forget, because it only has to work on the one day the power fails. These are the things we see most often:
- Monthly tests that stopped when a member of staff left, with a logbook that hasn't been filled in since.
- Fittings that come on, then fade within minutes, because the batteries are worn out.
- A shop refit or new partition walls that left part of the escape route without emergency lighting.
- Old fluorescent fittings that keep failing and cost more to keep running than LED replacements.
What the law and the standard expect
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, escape routes and exits that need lighting must have emergency lighting of adequate intensity if the normal lighting fails. The responsible person has to make sure it's in place, maintained and tested. In Halesowen, West Midlands Fire Service enforces the law.
BS 5266-1 is the code of practice for emergency lighting. The current edition, BS 5266-1:2025, came into effect on 31 October 2025. In plain terms it recommends:
- A monthly functional test of every fitting.
- An annual full-duration test, running each fitting on its battery for its full rated time.
- Checking light levels at commissioning and at least every five years.
- A logbook recording every test, fault and repair.
Want the detail? Read our guide to emergency lighting regulations. No fire risk assessment yet? We partner with select, highly experienced fire risk assessors we know and trust.
Installation and upgrades
Every fitting we install has its own battery and charger built in, so each one works on its own and the system is simple to extend, test and repair.
- Maintained and non-maintained fittings, chosen to suit how the building is used.
- Lit exit signs so the way out can be seen in the dark.
- Escape route, open area and high-risk task lighting, from corridors and stairs to workshop floors and plant rooms.
- LED upgrades to replace tired fluorescent fittings.
- Self-test fittings that run their own tests and flag faults, handy in larger buildings.
Testing, done for you
- Monthly and annual tests carried out and logged by our own engineers, with annual tests planned for quiet times because batteries need time to recharge.
- Faults fixed, with repairs quoted separately.
- Records online in your customer portal.
- One visit for more than one system: we can test your emergency lighting on the same visits as your fire alarm and fire extinguishers.
- We take over any self-contained system, whoever installed it.
Halesowen buildings we look after
- Shops, salons and cafés in the town centre and on Hagley Road, with tests booked around opening hours.
- Offices and professional practices, kept tidy and tested without getting in the way.
- Workshops, factories and industrial units on local estates, where open areas and high-risk task areas need the right lighting.
- Schools, academies and nurseries, with enhanced DBS-checked engineers and installs planned for the school holidays.
- Care homes and healthcare premises, planned carefully around residents and patients.
- Churches, charities and community buildings, with clear options planned around the budget.
How it works
- Free site survey. A short, non-invasive visit. We look at your test records or what you need, guide you to a compliant solution and give you costs.
- Clear, written plan. New fittings, upgrades or us taking over testing, set out before any work starts.
- Install or take over. Our own engineers fit or take on the system.
- Looked after. Tests booked in, faults fixed and records online.
Covering the whole of Halesowen
The town centre, Hasbury, Hawne, Cradley, Hayley Green, Hurst Green, Lapal, Illey, Hunnington and Romsley, plus neighbouring Quinton, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill and Rowley Regis. We also cover Birmingham, the Black Country and the wider West Midlands. More on our emergency lighting installation and testing service.
Emergency lighting in Halesowen: your questions answered
How often does emergency lighting need testing?
Does my small shop or office need emergency lighting?
Can you test our emergency lighting at the same time as our fire alarm?
Can you take over from our current company?
Can you replace our old fluorescent emergency lights with LED?
What happens if a light fails between visits?
Keep your way out lit
Book your free site survey with your local team in Halesowen. No obligation and no hard sell.
SAFE Fire & Security Systems Ltd, La Husbands, Shelah Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3PP. Office open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Breakdown cover on maintenance contracts.
SAFE Fire & Security Systems Ltd, La Husbands, Shelah Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3PP · Office open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Breakdown cover on maintenance contracts.