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Safety signs and boards

Instructional and warning signage for facilities — making safety instructions, equipment locations and exits clear.

Safety signs and boards

Instructional and warning signage covering the location of firefighting equipment, evacuation routes, exits and safety instructions across a facility. We supply and install it to suit the site and the scope of work.

Sign range

The signs we supply

The classes we supply, drawn to ISO 7010. The exact set for a site follows its activity, its risk assessment and the standard approved by the authority having jurisdiction — these show the range, not a fixed list.

Fire-fighting equipment

ISO 7010 F series — red squares marking where the extinguisher, hose reel, alarm call point or fire telephone is.

  • Fire extinguisher
  • Fire hose reel
  • Fire ladder
  • Collection of firefighting equipment
  • Fire alarm call point
  • Fire emergency telephone
  • Fire protection door
  • Fixed fire extinguishing battery
  • Wheeled fire extinguisher
  • Portable foam applicator unit
  • Water fog applicator
  • Fixed fire extinguishing installation
  • Fixed fire extinguishing bottle
  • Remote release station
  • Fire monitor
  • Fire blanket
  • Firefighters' lift
  • Fire alarm flashing light
  • Unconnected fire hose

Emergency escape and first aid

ISO 7010 E series — green boards for escape routes, assembly points, first-aid posts, eyewash and emergency showers. The medical signs are the Red Crescent variants used in the Kingdom.

  • Emergency exit (left hand)
  • Emergency exit (right hand)
  • First aid
  • Emergency telephone
  • Evacuation assembly point
  • Break to obtain access
  • Doctor
  • Automated external heart defibrillator
  • Eyewash station
  • Safety shower
  • Stretcher
  • Drinking water
  • Emergency window with escape ladder
  • Rescue window
  • Turn anticlockwise to open
  • Turn clockwise to open
  • Emergency stop button
  • Protection shelter
  • Door opens by pushing on the left-hand side
  • Door opens by pushing on the right-hand side
  • Evacuation temporary refuge
  • Emergency hammer
  • Emergency exit for people unable to walk or with walking impairment (left)
  • Medical grab bag
  • Oxygen resuscitator
  • Emergency escape breathing device
  • Emergency exit for people unable to walk or with walking impairment (right)
  • Door opens by pulling on the left-hand side
  • Door opens by pulling on the right-hand side
  • Escape ladder
  • Evacuation chair
  • First aid responder
  • Evacuation mattress
  • Evacuation lift for people unable to use stairs
  • Safe anchorage point
  • Emergency descent device
  • Emergency rations
  • Evacuation equipment

Prohibition

ISO 7010 P series — a red ring and diagonal bar over the act that is not allowed: no smoking, no naked flame, no entry, do not use in a fire.

  • General prohibition sign
  • No smoking
  • No open flame
  • No thoroughfare
  • Not drinking water
  • No access for forklift trucks and industrial vehicles
  • No access for people with active implanted cardiac devices
  • No metallic articles or watches
  • No climbing
  • Do not touch
  • Do not extinguish with water
  • No heavy load
  • No activated mobile phone
  • No access for people with metallic implants
  • No reaching in
  • Do not spray with water
  • No pushing
  • No sitting
  • No stepping on surface
  • Do not use lift in the event of fire
  • No dogs
  • No eating or drinking
  • Do not obstruct
  • Do not walk or stand here
  • Do not use this incomplete scaffold
  • Do not use this lift for people
  • Do not wear gloves
  • No photography
  • Do not tie knots in rope
  • Do not alter the state of the switch
  • Do not use for face grinding
  • Do not use for wet grinding
  • Do not use with hand-held grinder
  • Hot works prohibited
  • No leaning against
  • Use of smart glasses prohibited
  • No running
  • Do not expose to direct sunlight or hot surface
  • Not to be serviced by users
  • Do not cross barrier
  • No jumping down
  • Do not stare at light source
  • No access for unauthorized persons
  • Do not cover appliance

Mandatory action

ISO 7010 M series — blue discs for the protective equipment or the action a zone requires before entry.

  • General mandatory action sign
  • Refer to instruction manual/booklet
  • Wear ear protection
  • Wear eye protection
  • Connect an earth terminal to the ground
  • Disconnect mains plug from electrical outlet
  • Opaque eye protection must be worn
  • Wear safety footwear
  • Wear protective gloves
  • Wear protective clothing
  • Wash your hands
  • Use handrail
  • Wear a face shield
  • Wear head protection
  • Wear high-visibility clothing
  • Wear a mask
  • Wear respiratory protection
  • Wear a safety harness
  • Wear a welding mask
  • Wear safety belts
  • Disconnect before carrying out maintenance or repair
  • Use barrier cream
  • Use footbridge
  • Use this walkway
  • Use protective apron
  • Use gas detector
  • Keep out of the reach of children
  • Ventilate before and during entering
  • Ensure continuous ventilation
  • Entry only with supervisor outside
  • Wear laboratory coat
  • Hold the trolley handle
  • Disinfect your hands
  • Disinfect surface
  • Lock moving mechanical parts
  • Tools must be tethered
  • Use lamp in luminaire with shield
  • Use decontamination shower

Hazard warning

ISO 7010 W series — yellow triangles naming the hazard present: flammable material, electricity, hot surfaces, moving machinery, falls.

  • General warning sign
  • Explosive material
  • Radioactive material or ionizing radiation
  • Laser beam
  • Non-ionizing radiation
  • Magnetic field
  • Floor-level obstacle
  • Drop (fall)
  • Biological hazard
  • Low temperature/freezing conditions
  • Slippery surface
  • Electricity
  • Guard dog
  • Forklift trucks and other industrial vehicles
  • Overhead load
  • Toxic material
  • Hot surface
  • Automatic start-up
  • Crushing
  • Overhead obstacle
  • Flammable material
  • Sharp element
  • Corrosive substance
  • Crushing of hands
  • Counterrotating rollers
  • Battery charging
  • Optical radiation
  • Oxidizing substance
  • Pressurized cylinder
  • Hand crushing between press brake tool
  • Rapid movement of workpiece in a press brake
  • Barbed wire
  • Falling objects
  • Fragile roof
  • Injury from automated or remote-controlled vehicles
  • Sudden loud noises
  • Breathing hazard
  • Arc flash hazard
  • No guard rail and unprotected edges
  • Step down
  • Substance or mixture presenting a health hazard
  • Substance or mixture that can cause an environmental hazard
  • Hot steam
  • High sound volume levels
  • Moving blades
  • Moving gears

Wayfinding and information

Black plates for airports, terminals and public buildings — a white pictogram naming the service or the direction. The travel set leads: departures and arrivals, check-in, security, passport control, customs and baggage. The building set follows it — toilets, lifts, prayer room, first aid, parking and shops — and four directional arrows close the run. Made to the sizes and directions a site needs, with Arabic and English wording added on request.

  • Departures
  • Arrivals
  • Baggage check-in
  • Ticket counter
  • Security screening
  • Passport control
  • Boarding gate
  • Connecting flights
  • Customs
  • Baggage claim
  • Baggage lockers
  • Baggage trolleys
  • Meeting point
  • Lost property
  • Information
  • Toilets
  • Women
  • Men
  • Accessible entrance
  • Prayer room
  • Lift
  • Accessible lift
  • Escalator
  • Stairs
  • First aid
  • Drinking water
  • Restaurant
  • Coffee shop
  • Shops
  • Telephone
  • Post
  • Litter bin
  • Waiting area
  • Parking
  • Taxi
  • Bus
  • Car rental
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Nine of the sign diagrams are used under CC BY-SA 4.0 or 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons, credited to The Navigators (after MaxxL and Clemenspool), ISO, Bobbolous and We.weber.

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