Central reporting for life safety equipment

An emergency lighting system comprising:

• an area control device;
• a storage device operably connected to the area control device;
• an external device operably connected to the to the area control device;
• and
• a plurality of emergency lighting devices operably connected to the area control device, wherein each emergency lighting device comprises:
• a light,
• a controller having an electronic processor configured to perform a self-diagnostic test, and
• an input/output (I/O) device configured to transmit data associated with the self-diagnostic test, wherein each of the plurality of emergency lighting devices is configured to wirelessly communicate with one another using a short-range radio communication protocol;
• and
• wherein the area control device is configured to wirelessly receive data associated with the self-diagnostic test from at least one of the plurality of emergency lighting devices, and wherein the area control device is configured to wirelessly transmit the data associated with the self-diagnostic test of any of the plurality of emergency lighting devices to at least one of the storage device and the external device.