Interactive Emergency & Exit Light Self-Audit

Each exit sign is visible from the normal direction of travel and not blocked by doors, shelving, displays, or decor.

A sign that looks fine from straight on can still fail if it disappears from the real approach angle.

The exit sign face is fully illuminated with no dark sections, dim legend, or flicker.

Partial illumination is one of the easiest things an inspector can spot at a glance.

Legend, directional arrows, and mounting all match the actual exit path and the sign is securely fastened.

After remodels or layout changes, incorrect arrows and signs above non-exits are common failures.

Charging indicator shows normal status and the sign stays illuminated through the full 30-second test.

This is the core monthly functional check many businesses forget to document consistently.

Emergency light heads are aimed at the egress path floor, stair landing, or exit discharge route they are meant to protect.

Mis-aimed lights can technically turn on and still leave the path poorly illuminated.

Both emergency lamps illuminate immediately and stay on through the 30-second test.

A unit with only one working lamp is often still mounted on the wall long after it stopped being reliable.

Fixtures are clean, undamaged, and free of cracked lenses, warped housings, or obvious aging issues.

Dirty lenses and damaged housings reduce effective light output more than most owners expect.

Each unit is unobstructed, energized, and not tied to a regular switched lighting circuit.

A unit can sit on the wall for months with a dead circuit and no one notices until inspection day.

Battery dates are known and any aging batteries are already flagged for proactive replacement.

Batteries older than about four years become a major inspection gamble if you wait for them to fail live.

You know how each unit will be tested for the annual 90-minute run and have a record sheet ready.

The annual test often fails operationally because the documentation process was never set up in advance.

Any recent annual 90-minute test failures have already been corrected and documented.

An old failed test sheet in the binder with no follow-up note can hurt even if the fixture was later fixed informally.

Monthly 30-second test logs and the latest annual 90-minute test records are current and easy to produce.

Inspectors often ask for the paperwork before they start a detailed physical walkthrough.

Stairwells, landings, and the exterior exit discharge path are covered by functional emergency lighting where required.

Interior-only coverage is a frequent blind spot in small buildings and tenant spaces.

No exit signs are mounted above non-exits, repurposed rooms, or misleading dead-end paths.

This is both a code problem and a real life-safety hazard during an evacuation.

Renovations, furniture changes, or tenant work have not left fixtures unplugged, missing, or relocated incorrectly.

Exit lighting problems often start with a contractor or maintenance change that never made it back onto a punch list.