Tactile signage shall be provided to meet all the following criteria unless otherwise provided in 7 10 1 4.
Fire exit sign above door.
2 tactile signage shall read as follows.
For exit doors the fire exit sign shall be mounted on the door or adjacent to the door with the closest edge of the sign within 4 in.
For example this should not be less than 30 inches and not more than 44 inches above the floor.
20 3 cm above the floor.
Positioned above the door.
The bottom of the fire exit sign shall be not less than 6 in.
Hardware consisting of bars that extend to at least half of the width of the door leaf.
2 arrow up signs back to back.
Mark doors or passages along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit not an exit or with a sign identifying its use such as closet.
What signs do you use.
Egress signs must be placed within 6 feet and 8 inches 2030 mm above the top edge of the egress opening.
Above all equip doors with panic hardware and fire exit hardware.
No exit sign is needed where any door passage or stairway that is neither an exit nor a way of exit access and that is located or arranged so that it is likely to be mistaken for an exit.
However guidance is provided in nfpa life safety code 101 section 7 10 8 3 1.
Renew fire retardant paints or solutions often enough to maintain their fire retardant properties.
Osha does not require the use of no exit.
Install exit signs in plainly legible letters.
Ensure there are no conflicting signs along the route e g.
A fire exit sign must be above all final fire exit doors.
Exit signs should be installed above doors through which the egress path leads.
Equally the signs that guide evacuees through the building towards this door that is only be used in the event of an emergency should also say fire exit.
7 10 1 3 exit door tactile signage.
1 tactile signage shall be located at each door requiring an exit sign.
Fire exit signs with left and right arrows are self explanatory but when do you use the up or down arrow.
Fire exit signs above doors.
Progress forward and through from here as viewed from in front of the sign.
10 2 cm of the door frame.
7 10 1 6 egress signs.
The safety sign that should appear above this fire exit door should show a running man an upward arrow as amended in 2000 and the text fire exit.