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BS 5499-4 Code of Practice for escape route signs
This British Standard.
- Offers best advice on how to combine the BS 5499 running man with text and arrows to produce a well designed escape route sign.
- Recommends the correct mounting position and location for escape signs.
- Fire exit and exit signs, should be, so far as is reasonably practicable, evenly spread and consistently located at the same height so that the evacuee can quickly and effectively predict the location of the next sign within the escape route.
- Signs should not be fixed to doors or sited where they may be obscured by open doors.
- Signs sited on walls should be mounted between 1.7m and 2.0m from floor level measured from the base of the sign.
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Heights of signs and maximum viewing distances
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Maximum Viewing Distance (m)
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Minimum Symbol Height (mm)
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Recommended Supplementary Text Height (mm)
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7
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60
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5
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9
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80
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7
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14
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120
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10
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21
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180
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15
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28
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240
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20
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Tips for the Sighting of Safety Signs
- Safety signs should not be located in a place containing a number of other signs or objects of similar size and colour.
- Safety signs should not be located in areas where colour contrast is poor.
- Add supplementary text to safety signs to increase their length and further improve comprehensibility and legibility.
- Train all staff, occupiers and visitors to understand the distinctive colour and geometric shape of safety signs, as well as the detail of any graphical symbol signs used. Continue to reinforce this training and awareness.
- For fire exit safety signs, it is preferable to use additional reinforcing directional signs rather than rely on one larger sign at a longer viewing distance.
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It is a legal requirement that employers display
a Health & Safety Law Poster
under the Health & Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989
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