Evacuation signs and fire safety signs are placed everywhere: in supermarkets, in apartment buildings, in public buildings, on the street. They serve as a guide for people in actions in case of fire, help to safely leave the danger zone or take timely measures to prevent an emergency.
It is by focusing on them that you need to evacuate from an unfamiliar building in the event of a fire, and not run after a crowd maddened by panic. Are you saying you've never seen them? Let's remember together. Do you remember already? White inscription on a green background "Emergency exit". Yes, this is an index sign and in case of a fire it informs you that salvation is near and the exit is here. To get to this sign, you need to follow the instructions of other fire signs. You see a white running man on a green background and a white arrow — follow him — the signs are called: "the direction of the evacuation exit."
Now imagine that the way to the exit was blocked by fire. Next to you, you saw a red square with a white fire extinguisher. No, no, this is not an advertisement for fire extinguishers — this fire sign indicates that a fire extinguisher is stored here. In case of fire, feel free to take it and use it to extinguish the fire. Just don't overestimate your strength. It's heavy.
Or here's another bad luck, you need to call the fire department urgently, and the cell phone is out of the access zone. It doesn't matter. A red square with a handset indicates where you can call from in case of a fire.
Only a few signs are described here. Then you can familiarize yourself with the rest of the signs. It won't take more than 5 minutes. But it can save a life!
And, of course, to prevent a fire, always and everywhere observe the requirements of prohibiting signs.
Department of State Fire Control of the Emergency Department of
the West Kazakhstan region