Means of Escape Fire Safety Signing Guide
Assuming you have carried out a formal fire risk assessment and have determined that signs can play a positive and vital role in communicating the fire safety message the next step is to specify the signs you need.
Following the success of the Fire Safety Audit, the Means of Escape developed an illustrated fire safety-signing guide to help businesses identify the signage needed within their premises.
The objectives of the Means of Escape Fire Safety Signing Guide are:
• To improve awareness of safety signs and
the requirements asked for by legislation.
• To help plan an effective means of escape.
• To help define fire safety requirements.
• To help remind staff or occupants of the importance of a means of
escape.
• To show how to offer critical information in the event of fire to
the fire brigade.
A comprehensive range of fire safety signs is illustrated in the guide. These signs have been designed in accordance with the requirements of BS 5499 Part 1 and BS 5499 Part 4, a new standard that gives guidance on the use of appropriate graphical symbols, the use of supplementary text and the use of arrows to provide additional directional information.
