Fire Safety Signs: A Guide for UK Workplaces Fire safety signs play an important role in helping people understand what to do in the event of a fire. They can identify escape routes and emergency exits, show the location of firefighting equipment, provide important fire safety instructions and warn people about fire-related hazards.

Fire exit signs use arrows to show the direction people should travel during an emergency evacuation. Understanding what each arrow means helps employees, visitors and members of the public follow the safest escape route quickly and confidently.

Photoluminescent fire exit signs are glow in the dark safety signs designed to help people identify escape routes during a fire or power failure. They absorb light from their surroundings and release it as a visible glow when lighting levels drop.

A fire evacuation procedure explains what people should do if a fire alarm sounds or a fire is discovered. It helps employees, visitors, contractors and members of the public leave the building safely and quickly during an emergency.

A workplace risk assessment is an important part of managing health and safety. It helps employers identify hazards, assess the level of risk and put suitable control measures in place to protect employees, visitors, contractors and members of the public.