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NFPA 101 §7.9

Emergency lighting (means of egress)

Publication
NFPA 101
Edition
2024
Section
§7.9

What it requires

Means-of-egress emergency lighting performance: initial 1 fc average / 0.1 fc minimum at the egress path, dropping to 0.6 / 0.06 over 90 minutes from a battery or on-site generator. Coordination citation when an egress-illumination scope intersects with the architectural lighting design.