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AAA Photoluminescent from JALITE

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Simply Brilliant

AAA Photoluminescent product from JALITE have the optimum performance characteristics of quick charging even at low ordinary illumination levels with unusually high initial brightness and...

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Brightness Rating MEA

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Simply Brilliant

The Brightness Rating of a photoluminescent product is the statement of the luminance decay properties after illumination with 2 ft candles of white (4000-4500 o K) fluorescent lights for 2 hours....

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Distance factor Z for safety signs

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Observation Distance of Signs

Many factors will influence the distance factor Z of a safety sign which is expressed as the ratio of the observation distance D and the size of the symbol or text d as follows : Z = D/d...

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Dual Language safety signs

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"The need to cover international audiences"

Many countries and jurisdictions require safety communications to be unambiguous and understood by two or sometimes more audiences using different languages. While using grahical symbols that...

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Emergency Lighting Exit Signs

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The new generation of Exit signs

The field of emergency lighting has been traditionally dominated by electrically powered signs for quite some time and has ventured into the realm of fire safety despite its...

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Escape route lighting

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Low Location Lighting - Arrangements

ISO 15370 was the first International Standard for escape route lighting and is commonly known as LLL - Low Location Lighting. ISO 16069 Safety Wayguidance Systems (SWG) followed later for the...

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Exit Signs

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JALITE Exit signs - ultimate good practice

EXIT comes from 16th Century Latin verb Exire (third person singular of the verb Exire Ex = out Ire = go) used first in the theatrical sense he/she/it goes out. The word itself has, through common...

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Fire Control Plan Symbol Signs

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ISO 17631

Fire Control Plan symbol signs are available from JALITE with full Class C luminance performance providing highly visible markings for fire control equipment in case of emergency. Visit our...

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Fire Fighting Equipment Safety Signs

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"Fire and emergency safety signs"

The definition in ISO 3864-1 is far narrower than the definition required by fire safety management which covers all safety signs needed to fulfill functions within the fire safety management...

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Fire safety consultants

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Leading Fire Safety Magazine

JALITE is associated with a number of companies that offer professional and thorough risk assessment advice and guidance and in particular are capable of carrying out a fire safety sign survey...

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Fire Safety Management

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Fire Safety Signing Policy

Fire Safety Management has 5 key focus areas with a sixth added "Contingency". 1. Prevention 2. Escape 3. Communication 4. Confinement 5. Suppression 6. Contingency...

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Fire Safety Sign

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JALITE Photoluminescent Safety Signs

Fire Safety Signs communicate safety messages that: Secure the means of escape Give instruction and reinforce training Prohibit and restrict dangerous or risk behavior Warn of...

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Fire Safety Signing Policy

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The Fire Safety Sign Survey

The Scope of typical Fire Safety Sign Survey is as follows: An example of what elements would be covered by a fire safety signs survey: Means of Escape Signs (Exit and protected Fire or...

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Health and Safety Sign Association

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"Good Practice in Safety Signs"

The Health and safety sign association (HSSA) has two basic aims as follows create greater safety through the proper use of safety and other statutory signs. develop and maintain...

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High Rise, Exit Path Markings

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Stairwell Egress Systems

New York City was the first legal jurisdiction to adopt as law the use of photoluminescent technology in the vertical exits of high rise facilities.The common terminology for this requirement is...

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High visibility clothing

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"Be seen and be safe"

Most fire safety strategies called for responsible and appointed persons to act as stewards and shepheards during an emergency. These people are made conspicuous by wearing hi visibility clothing...

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IBC/ICC Code 2009 Section 1024

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Egress Path Markings

All the tall buildings for commercial and industrial use in Seattle and major cities of Washington State USA will soon benefit from the same systems installed in New York City some 6 years ago....

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IMO Signs from JALITE

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Shipboard Safety Signs

JALITE IMO Signs are produced to meet and exceed the requirements for onboard signing according to SOLAS regulations. JALITE participates in the key National and International Standards and...

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IMO SOLAS Signs

Image IMO Signs and Fire Control Plan (FCS) Signs are a requirement by all jurisdictions to meet SOLAS and Fire Protection regulations on board ship and marine structures. The JALITE Range is the...

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International Safety Signs and Symbols

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JALITE best practice

JALITE since 1981 has been involved in developing and applying Standards to photoluminescent safety products a useful reference list of Standards used are as follows: Specification...

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ISO 23601 Escape and Evacuation Plan Signs

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Know your way out

There is now an ISO Standard for such plans including a recommendation for photoluminescent material with no less than Class C ISO 17398 performance – ISO 23601 – Safety identification...

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ISO 3864-4 Safety Sign Colours and photometric properties

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Colorimetric and photometric properties

This part of ISO 3864 establishes the colorimetric and photometric requirements and test methods for the colours of safety signs to be used in workplaces and public areas. It provides the...

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ISO 7010 - 2011 Registered Safety Signs

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ISO Safety signs and symbols

ISO 7010 - 2011 is a milestone Standard for graphical symbol based safety communications. JALITE is totally commited to the best practice model of using consensus National and International...

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ISO BS 17398

This Standard now gives the basis for quality attributes for photoluminescent materials and safety signs. JALITE has been a leading contributor to both National and International Standards with...

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JALITE - TUNNEL ESCAPE ROUTE SYSTEMS

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New Stainless steel solutions

Fires or accidents in tunnels can be a major risk to human life and the effective identification of escape routes is paramount. Limited escape facilities and difficulties encountered by emergency...

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JALITE in China

Image JALITE has been present in China for over 8 years now and China is of critical strategic importance to the photoluminescent business world wide since it holds 95% of the world's known reserves of...

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JALITE in Tall Buildings

Image JALITE Compliant Means NYC Code Compliant In reviewing New York City's new code, you can be confident that JALITE entire NYC RS 6-1 product line is 100% code compliant. In writing Local Law 26,...

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JALITE in the United Kingdom

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JALITE PLC

JALITE (UK) PLC pioneered the application and development of photoluminescent systems in Marine and Offshore markets in the 80's and the movement to escape route lighting in all workplaces. JALITE...

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JALITE in the United States of America

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JALITE Inc

JALITE USA has its origins from a network created through the experts involved in the International Standardisation of Safety signs and Safety Labels. JALITE Inc now has the mandate to expand...

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JALITE Photoluminescent Vinyl

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Self Adhesive Safety Signs and Tapes

JALITE Photoluminescent Vinyl is a complex four part laminated material purpose designed for durable safety markings, signs and tapes. The afterglow, luminace decay characteristics are very...

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JALITE SB Product range

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High Performance products

The JALITE SB range has the following options: SBA  - Surface printed photoluminescent signs on high purity and resistant 0.5mm aluminium SBR - Surface printed photoluminescent signs on...

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Luminous Egress Path Marking

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JALITE Safety Way Guidance Systems

Luminous Egress Path Marking will significantly improve the means of egress provisions in tall buildings and be of great assistance to evacuees in case of emergency or power loss. The non...

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Mandatory action safety signs

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"Pay attention"

Mandatory notices help in preventing fires and in the eventuality of a fire limits the spread of fire by instructing occupants, be it in onboard ship or onshore locations, of the mandatory...

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Marine and Offshore

Image The global Marine and Offshore business for JALITE safety signs and low location lighting products is served through a growing network of JALITE Authorised Distributors and Dealers. Our network...

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Mass Transport Railways

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Stations and rail networks

JALITE Photoluminescent Safety Signs are now used extensively in Stations and railway infrastructure to provide comprehensive escape route identification and to locate emergency equipment. Railway...

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OSHA Compliant Exit Signs

Image JALITE OSHA Compliant Exit Signs meet OSHA Federal Register: 1910.37 (b) (4) and 1910.37 (b) (7). They reliably identify the direction to the nearest exit under both normal and emergency...

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OSHA Regulations

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Work place safety regulations in the USA

To maintain a safe work place, and comply with OSHA requirements, employers must provide the proper signs to indicate the exit route, and the safety equipment installed in their facility. For...

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Photoluminescence

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JALITE Simply Brilliant

There are two types of photoluminescence ; fluorescence and phosphorescence . Fluorescent materials absorb light and then emit light instantaneously at a different wavelength....

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Photoluminescent and JALITE Terminology

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"Useful reference"

Activator ionic impurity in a host material which acts as a luminescing centre, also called dopant. Afterglow general emission of light after a source of excitation energy is removed,...

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Photoluminescent Exit Signs

Image Many people think that photoluminescent safety signs are only for marking the Exit door on escape paths, however they provide complete direction information along the escape path at high and low...

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Photoluminescent luminance decay properties

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Optical Brightness

Photoluminescent Luminance decay properties of JALITE products. JALITE products are all systematically tested for photoluminescent decay properties according to the test procedures given in BS...

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Photoluminescent Safety Products Association

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The "PSPA"

JALITE, as a founder member of the Photoluminescent Safety Products Association, can be proud of the achievements over the last 20 years with an ongoing dedication to the promotion and development...

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Photoluminescent Self Adhesive Tape

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Photoluminescent tape

Jalite AAA photoluminescent tapes are like no other, engineered with the highest initial luminance in its class, it gives occupants the most light when they need it - during the first minutes of a...

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Photoluminescent signs and markings

Image JALITE signs and markings made some 30 years ago are still functioning well in the mountains and civil defense bunkers of Switzerland. Now we celebrate 20 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the...

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Prohibition safety signs

Image Prohibition fire safety signs are used to enforce control risk measures by identifying specific forbidden behaviour to reinforce and complement formal training. Of course, in fire safety...

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Safe Condition Safety Signs

Image Means of Escape, First aid equipment identification and location and emergency instruction for people with special needs signs are categorized within safe condition signs. These signs should be...

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Safety Signs and Symbols

Image A safety sign according to ISO 3864-1 is defined as a sign which gives a general safety message, obtained by a combination of a colour and geometric shape and which, by the addition of a graphical...

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Safety Way guidance research in Canada

Image The Publication of research findings from the first real evacuations on stairwells by the late Dr Guylene Proulx was a milestone in the development of photoluminescent safety way guidance systems....

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Stairway and Floor numbering signage

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"Know where you are and where to go"

Floor numbering, stair case identification and orientation signs are essential for smooth ordered and planned evacuation. It is just common sense to make it perfectly clear where people are and...

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Strontium Aluminate

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JALITE Bright

The arrival of new pigments in the 1990's had led to exciting developments for our industry. These new pigments based on alkali earth aluminates doped with rare earth elements have produced...

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Train tunnels in Spain

Image SEÑALIZACIÓN DE EMERGENCIAY BALIZAMIENTO Señalización y balizamiento fotoluminiscente Jalite o similar sera en ACERO con aleación de...

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Transportation

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JALITE in Air, Sea, Land and Space travel

JALITE high performance products from the flagship JALITE AAA technology to JLUME long decay products are used on many passenger aircraft, passenger ships, buses and trains. All forms of...

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UL924 Exit Signs

Image Using photoluminescent technology JALITE UL Listed Exit signs harvest the energy from existing light sources in your facility to provide a long lasting and highly visible sign, even after a loss...

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Warning safety sign

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"Beware"

Warning sign in fire safety is for the identification of hazards on and adjacent to the Means of Escape: These JALITE signs will help to identify hazards such as trip hazards, flammable substances...

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