These Regulations implement those parts of the Directive dealing with fire safety. Advice on the use of fire safety signs can be obtained from your enforcing authority for fire safety. In general, these Regulations will not require any changes where existing fire safety signs containing symbols comply with BS 5499. New signs are also acceptable if they are similarly chosen to comply with BS 5499.

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All safety signs offered by SafetySigns4Less are EN ISO 7010:2020 compliant. We ensure that all signs are constructed to the highest quality. Where possible we will always offer our signs in both Rigid Plastic and Self-adhesive flexible vinyl.

EN ISO 7010 was introduced in 2003 and revised in 2012. Since then it has been accepted into EU Law and provides a standardised, easy to understand safety message - wherever you are and whatever language you use!

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The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (the Safety Signs Regulations) implement European Council Directive 92/58/EEC on minimum requirements for the provision of safety signs at work. This guidance is aimed at helping employers meet their responsibilities under these Regulations.

They apply to all workplaces and to all activities where people are employed, but exclude signs used in connection with transport or the supply and marketing of dangerous substances, products and equipment.

The regulation is applicable in all workplaces and locations where users need to be informed about safety matters - emergency exits and hazardous area signs are excellent examples of standard use signs

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A refuge point is generally a place of relative safety with appropriate fire resisting compartmentation where a mobility impaired person can wait for assistance from suitably trained staff to evacuate them with appropriate equipment if necessary, or simply wait for confirmation if there is an emergency or not. If there is no emergency, for example an unwanted fire alarm activation, providing appropriate management control measures are in place the mobility impaired person and staff member can wait and not evacuate the building.

The main goal of the standard is to introduce a globally recognised range of safety pictograms. Although most will be similar and familiar, there are some new introductions

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The use of a refuge area should also form part of a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan or Generic Emergency Evacuation Plan.

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For most types of buildings with appropriate emergency procedures, an assembly point is a place of complete safety outside and away from a building that does not obstruct the approach of the emergency services. Occupants of the building assemble and wait for further instruction by building fire safety management when a fire alarm has activated.

All of our safety signs comply with the safety colour regulations. This ensures that certain colours adhere to their specific meanings.

The Regulations require employers to use a safety sign where there is a significant risk to health and safety that has not been avoided or controlled by the methods required under other relevant law, provided use of a sign can help reduce the risk. Safety signs are not a substitute for those other methods of controlling risks such as engineering controls and safe systems of work.