Emergency lighting — annual load test
Code national de prévention des incendies, via le Code de sécurité
Widely cited frequency, not yet confirmed against a Quebec primary source. Validate with your authority having jurisdiction.
We show it with its caveat, here as in the registers — never as a legal deadline.
Taken as written from the rule that prepares the registers. Cited, never restated.
The caveat, word for word
To verify against the NFC edition adopted in Quebec
What evidence stays on file
A dated service record, handed over by whoever performed the work. That is the document filed in the register, under this obligation.
It concerns one piece of equipment: the emergency lighting.
The other obligations
- Keeping the building inspection register
- Hood and duct cleaning — solid fuel
- Hood and duct cleaning — high volume
- Hood and duct cleaning — full service
- Hood and duct cleaning — low volume
- Extinguishers — monthly visual check
- Extinguishers — annual service and tag
- Fire alarm — annual inspection
- First aid kit — contents audit
- Kitchen suppression system — service
- Grease trap — maintenance
Your establishment already has a prepared register
The obligations above are prepared in advance for every food establishment in Montreal, from the City's open data.
Data: City of Montréal · MAPAQ. Rules: Safety Code ch. VIII, NFPA, CAN/ULC. Rules verified on Aug 21, 2026. Regulatory journal →
The operator remains solely legally responsible for the establishment's compliance. Tigidu is a record-keeping and coordination tool — not a contractor, an inspector, or legal advice.