Description

A fire assembly point sign marks a safe area (usually outside) that all employees, visitors and other people should gather after evacuating a building due to fire or other emergency. This sign is also known as an emergency assembly point sign.

Fire assembly point sign Uses

A fire assembly point sign serves several key purposes: safety, accountability and organization.

1. Safety: The sign guides people to a safe location away from the burning building or other emergency. Having people know where they they need to go  in an emergency helps to save lives.
2. Accountability: Once people are gathered at the emergency assembly point and safe from the building, a quick headcount helps to determine if everyone is safe. Also those who are injured can be identified so that they can receive the required medical attention.
3. Organization: People gathered at the emergency assembly point can then be given further instructions from the fire marshals and other emergency contacts.

Fire assembly point sign appearance

• Fire assembly point sign Color: The sign is usually made of white text and symbols on a green background.
• Symbol: The sign symbol shows people congregating together to form a group at a point directed by arrows coming from all corners.
• Text: Text on the sign is usually fire assembly point, fire emergency point written in white on the green background.
• Material: White color vinyl material is usually used for the graphics on the sign. Vinyl is a weather proof  material that is resistant to fading. The background is usually made of a green colored rigid material that can be alucobond, metal, Acrylic or any other high quality and weather resistant material. The sign can also be UV (ultraviolet) printed on a UV flatbed printer. UV printed signs also resistant to weather and fading.
• Mounting: An emergency assembly point sign can be mounted on the wall or on a free-standing stand made of metal, wood or plastic.

A Fire assembly point sign should be located a safe distance from the building where people will be safe from falling debris or fire sparks. The space chosen for the Fire assembly point should be big enough to fit all occupants of a building and their visitors. The place should also be easily accessible even to those with disabilities and should not have any obstructions of any kind.

Also, the chosen place must be away from roads with heavy traffic or stores with harmful chemicals for safety reasons. Also the place should be accessible to fire emergency vehicles or services.