Exit sign and emergency light testing routines

Exit signs and emergency lights are tested on the inspector's schedule, not yours — a unit that died last week still cites today. Monthly push-button tests and an annual duration test are the standard routine, with a log to prove it. Share your testing cadence and how you log it so a new tech can pick it up cold.

The push-button test takes seconds per fixture; the discipline is the log. A dead emergency light found by your own tech in March is a battery swap. The same light found by an inspector is a deficiency with your name on the report. Build the test into a round that already exists — extinguisher walks pair naturally with it — and the habit sticks. How do you log your exit sign and emergency light tests — paper sheet by the panel, a spreadsheet, or an app?