Exit Route & Emergency Lighting Logger
Egress walkdown — exit doors, paths, signage, emergency lights button-tests and assembly areas; route-tagged offline compliance log.
New exit route inspection
Monthly 30-second button tests of emergency lights/exit signs (NFPA 101) + route walkdowns; annual 90-minute discharge test.
Field guide: Exit Route & Emergency Lighting Logger
Every crowd-crush and locked-door fire tragedy — from Triangle Shirtwaist to the Station nightclub — is an egress finding that nobody logged in time. The physical inspection is almost embarrassingly simple: push every exit door from the inside, walk every route at full width, press every emergency-light test button for 30 seconds, and look at the signs from the decision points. The hard part is doing it monthly and proving it — which is what this route-tagged, time-stamped log exists for.
'Locked or blocked egress' is the only finding class here that means stop everything: a chained panic bar is corrected on the spot, not work-ordered. The occupancy panel catches the quiet failures — the racking row that grew across an aisle, the tenant whose new layout made the plan a fiction, the construction that needs an interim life-safety plan rather than a shrug. NFPA 101's monthly/annual test rhythm is encoded in the lighting fields.
Field tips
- Test doors as an occupant in a hurry: one motion, no keys, no knowledge. Anything else is a finding.
- Do the lighting button test on the same walk — 30 seconds per unit, count the dead ones, and schedule the annual 90-minute discharge separately.
- Walk routes at shift change or peak occupancy once a quarter; egress that works empty can fail at real density.
Records are stored only in this browser (localStorage) — export regularly. This tool aids field documentation; it does not replace your agency's official inspection procedures or engineering judgment.
Exit Route & Emergency Lighting Logger — Egress walkdown — exit doors, paths, signage, emergency lights button-tests and assembly areas; route-tagged offline compliance log. Free, offline-first and GPS-aware: open it on any phone, log in seconds, and hand your GIS team clean GeoJSON.
About Exit Route & Emergency Lighting Logger
Every crowd-crush and locked-door fire tragedy — from Triangle Shirtwaist to the Station nightclub — is an egress finding that nobody logged in time. The physical inspection is almost embarrassingly simple: push every exit door from the inside, walk every route at full width, press every emergency-light test button for 30 seconds, and look at the signs from the decision points. The hard part is doing it monthly and proving it — which is what this route-tagged, time-stamped log exists for.
How to use Exit Route & Emergency Lighting Logger
- 1Enter the building & route and tap 📍 GPS to pin the exit route's exact location (or type coordinates).
- 2Work through the exit route checklist — every field matches what a real inspection program records.
- 3Pick a condition on the Compliant / Minor items / Deficiency — correct / Blocked/locked egress ⚠ scale; actionable findings are tallied automatically.
- 4Add notes and log the inspection — it saves instantly to your device, even with zero signal.
- 5Export the round as CSV for your asset system, GeoJSON for the GIS, or print a clean report.
Why use Exit Route & Emergency Lighting Logger?
- ✓100% free, no sign-up — built for crews, not per-seat licences
- ✓Offline-first: records save to your device instantly and survive dead zones
- ✓One-tap GPS tagging with accuracy capture on every record
- ✓Exports CSV for asset systems, GeoJSON for GIS, and print-ready reports
- ✓Checklist and guidance aligned with NFPA 101
Frequently asked questions
What's the monthly vs annual emergency-light test?+
NFPA 101: monthly, a 30-second functional test (the button) of every battery unit and exit sign; annually, a 90-minute full-discharge test proving batteries last the rated duration. Both documented. Units that pass the button but die at minute 20 are exactly what the annual test exists to find.
When can an exit door ever be locked?+
Against entry, almost always; against egress, almost never. Limited exceptions (delayed-egress hardware with alarms and 15-second release, controlled egress in specific healthcare occupancies) carry strict conditions. A chain, padlock or deadbolt on an exit in an occupied building is an imminent-hazard correction, full stop.
How wide must exit routes stay?+
At least the calculated egress width — commonly minimum 28–44 inches depending on occupancy and load, and never reduced by storage 'temporarily'. The classic violation is incremental: pallets and racking creep into aisles a foot at a time. Photograph against a tape; numbers end arguments.
What if construction blocks a route?+
An interim life-safety plan: alternate routes signed and communicated, temporary lighting/signage, fire-watch where systems are impaired, and AHJs notified per local rules. 'Construction blocking route' with no interim plan is a deficiency that escalates to imminent hazard the day occupancy is high.
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