Emergency Escape Signs
Emergency escape signs are designed to guide you from wherever you are in a building, via a place of relative safety (the escape route ) to the place of ultimate safety (the assembly area). It must not be assumed that everyone will know all safe routes through a building. Emergency escape signs should comply with BS EN ISO 7010: 2020 to ensure maximum levels of understanding.
The old EC Directive (92/58/EEC) designs should no longer be used due to their low comprehension credentials.
Ensuring that signage is clearly visible in blackout conditions can prove the difference between life and death during an emergency escape evacuation. UltraBright photo-luminescent (glow in the dark) emergency escape signs can lead evacuees though a building even in smokey, black out conditions.