Power Failure Lights: The Key to Effective Emergency Planning With summer just around the corner, it's wise to plan for emergencies resulting from a major power loss caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, or major lightning strikes. Under severe weather conditions like these, even backup power systems may fail, leaving occupants in facilities such as office buildings, schools, hospitals and hotels in total darkness. The solution is Streamlight's® line of rechargeable, portable lanterns that are equipped with "smart" power failure circuitry. When the power goes off, these rugged, dependable workhorse lanterns switch on, helping to light the way to safety or keep operations going.      That's what convinced the Webb City, MS school district to buy more than 100 Streamlight LiteBox® Power Failure units, after a hurricane-force storm last year caused a major power failure, according to Jason Woodmansee, the Industrial/Safety Account Manager for SMC, headquartered in Joplin, MS. "The district decided to keep students indoors and try to hold classes, but their emergency lighting failed after about 90 minutes, and many of their flashlights' batteries were dead," said Woodmansee. After he gave school officials a demonstration of the LiteBox Power Failure System, which can provide up to 9 hours of continuous lighting, the district equipped all of its buildings with multiple units of the wall-mounted lanterns. "Now when they experience power outages, teachers can simply remove the units from their chargers and use them to provide emergency lighting, even when the back-up systems run out of power," Woodmansee said, adding that he recently sold 30 units to nearby Carthage School District for the same purpose. Streamlight's new E-Flood® and E-Spot® series also feature Power Failure LiteBox systems. The E-Flood model uses six C4® LEDs and wide pattern parabolic reflectors to produce a smooth, uniform flood pattern. On the high setting, the E-Flood Power Failure model provides 4,000 candela peak beam intensity, 615 lumens measured system output, and a runtime of up to 8 hours. The E-Spot Power Failure LiteBox uses 3 C4 LEDs and deep dish parabolic reflectors to produce a large spot pattern. On the high setting, the E-Spot Power Failure lantern provides up to 55,000 candela peak beam intensity, 540 lumens measured system output, and a runtime of up to 7 hours. Following is a list of other market sectors where portable lighting should be part of any emergency evacuation plan in the event of a total power failure: • Hospitals • Assisted Living and Nursing Homes • Hospitality • Commercial and Government Facilities • Airports • Education For more information, contact your Streamlight representative.