American Permalight Luminous Exit-Path Markings

These components of the training, education and certification organization the International Code Council, which many municipalities adopt as law, require "luminous egress path markings" in multistory building staircases — including those of co-op and condo apartment buildings. Indeed, says the 33-year-old California company American Permalight, four of its product lines have received MEA (Material and Equipment Acceptance) approval by the New York City Department of Buildings in compliance with Local Law 26 of 2004.

Even before this, the company says, a study by the federal government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that 33 percent of World Trade Center 1 evacuees and 17 percent of World Trade Center 2 evacuees during 9/11 reported they were helped by the American Permalight photoluminescent markings there — leading to photoluminescent exit-path marking requirements in New York City high-rise office-building staircases, plus changes to the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.

And hey, if it's good enough to help keep office people safe, do your co-op / condo residents deserve any less?

That's a loaded question, of course, but valid at its core. And it's nothing that non-electrical, non-radioactive, code-compliant, UL1994-listed exit-path markings couldn't answer.

American Permalight, Inc. • 2531 W 237th Street, #113, Torrance, Calif. 90505 • (310) 891-0924 • toll-free ( 888) 737-6254 • info@americanpermalight.com

Previous New Products >>