This is from a while ago, so I don’t have all the details but I wanted to share this concerning incident that took place in late December 2023. I was with my friend at our local target, and while we were there, the power went out for a few minutes. I wasn’t interested in the emergency lighting and exercise says they would be doing. As far as from the guest areas, only one exit sign was operational. It appears to be a recently replaced new Lathonia. I did manage to take a video of it and I will try to share the link below, but I added some screenshots below showing complete darkness where exit signs were. Also, when the power came back on, the horn strobes activated momentarily, as well as the security siren. I would bet the batteries are dead in both the fire alarm and alarm panel.
Before:
In the dark where exit sign is not visible:
After:
Exit sign is illuminated after power restored, is on the ceiling in the enter of the shot
The only operational sign,a green Lithonia
No emergency lighting nor signs illuminated.
This has to be several code violations? Right?
I emailed my local fire inspector about it in 2023 and never heard back.