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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Guest on January 27, 2004, 08:33:09 AM

Title: eurosymbols on fire alarm call points
Post by: Guest on January 27, 2004, 08:33:09 AM

I notice that on the new fire call points to EN54 the plain english text has been replaced with a pictogram depicting a burning building. Only problem is that this is a completely different pictogram to the standard BS pictogram for manual call points. So now we have two completely different pictograms for call points in the same was as we have two different pictograms for exit signs. Why does BS allow this to happen. Don't they have a role when European standards are adopted as British Standards to sort things like this out?

Title: eurosymbols on fire alarm call points
Post by: colin todd on January 27, 2004, 04:30:21 PM

................... Yours faithfully

                     Mr Angry, Essex

Title: eurosymbols on fire alarm call points
Post by: Chris Houston on January 27, 2004, 05:45:47 PM

Surely the sign above a call point is to let someone know where the call points, while the sign on the call point is to let someone know that you press this bit if you see a fire?

A sign for a car and a sign for an ignition switch would be different; a sign showing where a fire exit is and a sign showing where to push a fire exit bar would be different.

Title: eurosymbols on fire alarm call points
Post by: Guest on January 27, 2004, 06:15:39 PM

What do you do if the call point is behind a door and its likely to remain open during the normal working day?  There is no option of moving the call point as its rented garage space.

Title: eurosymbols on fire alarm call points
Post by: AnthonyB on January 28, 2004, 10:42:08 AM

Put up a call point sign with a directional arrow to indicate the call point is located behind the door.

Include call point location in your fire training.

(I assume that the door is easily closeable to access the call point.)