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Why choose Jalite ?
A British family owned company with the highest standards and quality in photoluminescent fire safety signs. We pride ourselves on providing you as our valued authorised distributor with continued support for you and your customers. Our customer services team are only a phone call or email away to advise you and assist you.
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Trust
- Established in 1983
- Family-owned
- Made in Britain
- Fast delivery and lead times
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Service
- UK based customer services team
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Conformance
- 40 years of knowledge of Standards
- In house research and development
- Quality fire safety signs
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Performance
- Market leading photoluminescent material
- Class C+ luminance performance
- Rigid and vinyl photoluminescent material
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Compliance
- BS EN ISO 7010:2020
- BS 5499-4:2013
- BS ISO 3864-1:2011
- DIN 67 510 Part 1:2020
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JALITE are committed to keeping our customers informed with all the pertinent news and updates to Legislation, British and International Standards, guidance, special offers and much more. Find these updates below.
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Fire Door Safety Week!
JALITE - Fire Door Safety Week! Fire Door Safety Week is upon us once again, when JALITE join the campaign that pursues educating the masses on the vital role of fire doors, in protecting life and property safety. This pursuit continues for the 11th year, after research last year revealed that 57% of the British public could not identify a faulty fire door, over half of the population. Further research from the British Woodworking Federation discovered that of those who could identify a faulty fire door, 49% would not feel it their responsibility to report known issues. This research provides clear insight into the mindset we have culturally about the importance of fire doors, for our life safety. This is especially eye opening, after phase 1 of the Grenfell Inquiry stated that compromised fire doors were a significant factor in the spread of the fire that ended in tragedy. JALITE in support of Fire Door Safety Week, recommend extending the scope of the campaign to an area of particular concern of ours, mandatory fire notices for fire doors. We more than most, understand the struggle in campaigning for a type of fire safety equipment that although vital in minimising risks for occupants, is often overlooked. In the 4 decades we have been advocating for best practice in the design and development of fire safety notices and signs, we have been privy to signs that are dangerously confusing. Below, we will delve into common misconceptions we see in the design of mandatory fire notices, as well as highlight our range of JALITE photoluminescent mandatory fire notices for fire doors that comply to legislation and conform to standards. However, before this, we felt it pertinent touch on why Fire Door Safety Week is so important. Why is Fire Door Safety Week so important? Fire Door Safety Week endorses educating people on specifying, supplying, installing, operating, inspecting and maintaining fire doors. Fire doors are an essential form of passive fire protection, designed if maintained, to stop the progression of fire for a minimum of 30 minutes. Unfortunately, in many cases fire doors are damaged or in disrepair, propped open or broken. This is confirmed, in the case of the Grenfell fire tragedy, many of the fire doors installed, required further maintenance and were either left open, or had malfunctioning self-closers, at the time the fire ignited. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 was introduced to combat this, demanding quarterly inspections of all fire doors, whilst imploring residents to raise faults and damages for fire doors immediately. Fire Door Safety Week is the time to educate those residents and the wider public, who occupy environments such as hospitals, offices, and factories. Common Misconceptions: Mandatory Fire Safety Notices for Fire Doors Despite our efforts in encouraging compliance and conformance in the realm of fire safety notices and signs, we still find signs and notices that are incorrect, but popular. This includes in the type of material used, as well as the colours and shapes of the notices and signs. A popular mandatory fire notice for fire doors we see throughout the industry, is one that is printed on stainless steel, aluminium or other metal substrates. Contrary to industry opinion, fire safety signs and notices must be printed on either white PVC (with emergency lighting) or photoluminescent PVC. Thus, installing metal fire notices is ill advised, as under The Health and Safety (Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 all safety signs (notices) must maintain their intrinsic values. However, metal substrates cannot withstand the temperatures from fires to maintain intrinsic values, i.e. maintain the safety message. One of the most prolific mandatory fire door notices is the ‘Fire exit keep clear’ notice. The popular design we see throughout the industry is the ‘fire exit’ section in green and the ‘keep clear’ in blue. The notice often seems to be produced in a rectangular shape rather than a blue circle as recommended by British and international standards. This gives a misconception that the notice is a combination sign, diluting the meaning of one of the most important signs that evacuees use to egress to safety during an emergency, the fire exit sign. Combination notices and signs are only used to improve comprehension of the safety message. But the green and blue non-conforming version has potential to cause confusion, inconsistent with the research-backed design by international Standards. In the era of fire safety where reporting on competency of responsible and appointed persons is recorded and regulated, why install notices and signs that can be called into question? CLICK HERE TO OPEN JALITE Photoluminescent Mandatory Fire Notices for Fire Doors JALITE is your reliable source for quality mandatory fire notices fire doors, as we use our experience as committee and association leaders to inform all that we do. JALITE photoluminescent mandatory fire notices for fire doors are designed with the following properties that you can use as your basic personal checklist of recommendations: Blue circle shape to signal mandatory instruction to conform to BS ISO 3864-1 Supplementary text type to conform to BS 5499-10 Photoluminescent class c+ luminance performance to conform to DIN 67510 Self-extinguishing as tested by DIN 53438-3. Do your part to educate the masses this Fire Door Safety Week, increasing public awareness of the correct mandatory fire notices for fire doors. This not only encourages familiarity, but also allows residents to confidently advocate for themselves and their safety, as policy around fire doors now calls for. Specify and install JALITE photoluminescent mandatory fire notices for fire doors, to ensure best practice; doing all that you can to minimise the risks that ensue when fire doors aren’t labelled and are faulty, obstructed and propped open. Contact us! If you need any further information on mandatory fire notices for fire doors including literature for use on the go, please contact sales@jalite.com or +44 (0)1268 242 300.
Legislation on Fire Doors
Over the last 40 years JALITE have unfortunately been privy to devastating tragedies that have led to the loss of lives for people within their homes. From Lakanal house to Grenfell, there have been clear shortfalls that through miseducation and negligence have had dreadful consequences. Since our inception, JALITE have always been advocates of good practice, with the three elements of fire safety, compliance, conformance and competence underpinning all that we do. As part of this campaign, we believe in going beyond the minimum requirements to providing prescriptive guidance that give responsible and appointed persons the best opportunity to protect lives and property. This week, the 14th June marks seven years since Grenfell which led to the loss of 72 lives, that rightfully caused a shift in fire safety. The Inquiry highlighted clear shortfalls in fire safety, with the government since introducing legislation in phases to protect against such a loss from happening again. One significant factor in the spread of fire found by the Inquiry, was the inadequacies of the fire doors installed. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 has since been designed to equip responsible persons and residents with the confidence to mitigate the risks that ensue when fire doors are compromised, which includes regular inspection of this vital fire protection equipment. As endorsers of the full approach, we would recommend achieving this through the installation of adequate fire safety notices for fire doors. Below, you’ll find our full range of JALITE AAA photoluminescent fire safety instruction notices for fire doors, designed to instruct occupants such as residents and visitors. However, first we will touch on legislation on fire doors. Legislation on Fire Doors since Grenfell As mentioned, a significant finding from the Grenfell Inquiry, was that many of the fire doors installed, required further maintenance and were either left open or had malfunctioning self-closers, at the time the fire ignited. Fire doors are essential for preventing the spread of fire and toxic gases through compartmentation. Unfortunately, as the fire doors within Grenfell were compromised, the fire was not contained to the floor level the fire started on. To combat this moving forward, The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 made it a legal requirement for responsible persons for all multi-occupied residential buildings in England over 11 metres to: a) Perform quarterly inspections of all fire doors b) Perform annual inspection of all flat entrance doors. Essentially, as part of The Fire Safety Order 2005, the scope of the fire risk assessment must extend to fire doors; ensuring that responsible persons have completed checks. Responsible persons are also required to provide residents with information on fire doors including stressing the importance of keeping the fire doors shut and obstruction free, raising any fault or damage to the fire doors immediately. Thus, deepening their understanding of their role in keeping the building safe. CLICK HERE TO OPEN JALITE Photoluminescent Fire Safety Instruction Notices for Fire Doors Although The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, focus namely on the inspection of the physical aspects of the fire doors, JALITE recommend going beyond this to fortify the life safety of residents and visitors of these multi-occupancy buildings. This good practice approach that JALITE encourages, recommends installing fire safety instruction notices on each fire door, as part of the inspection and maintenance of the fire door. The installation of fire safety instruction notices for fire doors including ‘Fire door keep shut’, and ‘This door must be kept closed' is integral to instructing building residents and visitors, as to the best way to operate the fire doors. JALITE photoluminescent fire safety instruction notices, are designed to conform to Standards including BS ISO 3864-1 and BS 5499-10 for the blue safety colour, circle shape and text type. Installation of JALITE photoluminescent fire safety instruction notices are an essential part of the fire safety procedure and education that responsible persons are legally required to provide to residents, as per the legislation. JALITE is a trusted source for responsible persons to deter the misuse of fire doors, with obstructions that compromise the effectiveness of this vital equipment. JALITE your trusted source Remembering Grenfell invokes us to remember the responsibility we hold, from supplier to installer to protect the lives of those who trust us to be competent. By going beyond minimum requirements, JALITE can assure that you are complying to legislation, with conformance to Standards, which serves as additional guidance to best practice. Contact us! If you need any further information on this legislation or on our range of JALITE AAA photoluminescent fire safety instruction notices, contact us at sales@jalite.com or +44 (0)1268 242 300.
JALITE: Made In Britain
Despite our reach across the world today, JALITE began and grew from the work of one family and small team in Britain. We have been manufacturing JALITE AAA class C+ photoluminescent fire safety signs for decades, helping to protect the life safety of evacuees worldwide. The revolution in fire safety in our earliest days, saw the introduction of legislation designed to protect people and property, especially in industrial, commercial, and marine environments. With new beginnings came a call for guidance and recommendations for the design, commissioning, and installation of fire safety signs. Within the setting of Britain, there was a demand for more prescriptive guidance for fire safety signs, forcing the development of British Standards for fire safety signs that identified, informed, instructed, and located risks. JALITE was positioned to help to inform the British Standards through our in-house research and development of technology, using real life application as our premise. Our background of in-house scientists and marketing professionals, alongside co-ordination with external experts created a recipe for quality technical information to deliver to the fire safety industry. Since, we have used the same principles, working with, and supporting homegrown businesses who also endorse quality, whilst incorporating both international and British requirements for safety. As we mark St. George’s Day this week and celebrate our English heritage as a family run business, we thought we would touch on our commitment to working with other British manufacturers, though our involvement in the Made in Britain community. However, first we thought we would highlight what Made in Britain is and what the trademark represents for consumers and other companies. Who are Made In Britain? Made In Britain is a support for British manufacturers as the trademark helps to verify the origin of British products. In doing so, Made in Britain helps to bring together the manufacturing community, through collaboration with other trade bodies and government departments in the UK. Since its origins in 2013, Made in Britain has worked to promote and celebrate the best in British manufacturing, allowing for transparency for end users looking to get products manufactured on their own doorstep. JALITE authorised distributors through us, are also doing their part to support local businesses. JALITE Photoluminescent Products & Sustainability Made in Britain trademarks naturally encourages sustainability, with homegrown members declaring their manufacturing processes, policies, initiatives, and certifications. Declaration of origins of manufacturing materials and processes is imperative as the world moves towards sustainability in all areas of industry. This is even more integral on British soil, as the UK government commits to ensuring the UK is net zero by 2050. This commitment to removing emissions to lessen the effects of global warming, has rippled to all areas of industry, particularly manufacturing, with policies designed to decarbonise the sector. In addition to working with local businesses as part of our manufacturing process and involvement in Made in Britain, JALITE AAA class C+ photoluminescent material is an alternative sustainable solution to protecting life safety. Our JALITE AAA photoluminescent material negates the need for additional lighting, using existing surrounding lighting for activation, with high optical brightness from even low levels of light. Hence, JALITE photoluminescent fire safety signs help to facilitate the safe egress of evacuees when they need it most. JALITE also use a flame retardant, self-extinguishing recyclable PVC backing for all our JALITE AAA class C+ photoluminescent material. All of this coupled with the JALITE commitment to working with British businesses, subsequently reduces our overall footprint, and yours too by extension. The JALITE team JALITE PLC has always been a UK based customer services team, equipped to provide you all the technical information that is pertinent to you. This includes a collection of marketing literature, instructions on how to install our photoluminescent products, and much more shared exclusively with JALITE authorised distributors. Our UK based customer services team, are up to speed with emerging fire safety legislation to help responsible and appointed persons reach compliance. With this, we can ensure conformance to the guidance that the legislation references as the best code of practice for fire safety signs. JALITE are dedicated to helping you grow your business as we facilitate the justification and specification of JALITE products. JALITE have a UK based production team that have a combined 117 years of experience of manufacturing fire safety signs between them. JALITE printers are some of the few individuals in the UK that are professionals in the dying art of screen printing, producing the best quality print for fire safety signs. This printing style is known throughout the industry to promote durable and legible fire safety signs as required by legislation. This combined with the technical knowledge of phosphorescent pigments and products, produces JALITE AAA class C+ photoluminescent fire safety signs that have a 30+ year shelf life, available in both rigid and vinyl. JALITE PLC despatch team is based in the UK, meaning you can expect standard JALITE products to arrive with you within 1 to 4 working days. Contact us! If you have any questions about Made in Britain or if you need any further information, please contact us at sales@jalite.com or +44 (0)1268 242300.
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JALITE has been in business since 1983 with the brand JALITE and we are proud to be the pioneers of all the main applications for photoluminescent 'See in the Dark' safety products.
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Jalite products have been developed and supplied to over 100 countries in the world and often with safety messages in the local language or with dual language.