Warnings

What is a Danger?
It is called danger, all the circumstances that may occur at any time where there may be a risk to the physical integrity of persons , animals or things that may be located in a particular area , either on a public road and a workplace or within any dwelling or commercial establishment .
There are many signs and classifications for different types of hazards. These signals can be classified as follows :

1. Warning Signs: Warn of danger. They are triangular in shape , with black pictogram on a yellow background (yellow must cover at least 50 % of the surface of the signal) and black edges ; only when the signal refers to harmful or irritating materials have the orange background to avoid confusion with similar signals used for road traffic regulation .
   
   

   

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2. Danger Signals or Prohibition: Prohibit conduct liable to cause a hazard. black pictogram on white background, edges and band ( cross descending from left to right across the pictogram at 45 ° to the horizontal) red ( red shall cover at least 35 % of the area of ​​the sign ) .
   

   

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3. Signals Obligation: Require a certain behavior. They are also round, but with white pictogram on a blue background ( the blue must cover at least 50 % of the area of ​​the sign ) .
   

   

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4. Fire Signals: Indicate the site of a fire equipment or system . They have rectangular or square shape . The pictogram is white on a red background ( the red must cover at least 50 % of the area of ​​the sign ) . The elements and equipment used for fire fighting , will be housed in cabinets and painted red receptacles , which can easily identify equipment containing inside.
   
   
   

   

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5. Distress signals or savingly: Rectangular or square shape , white pictogram on green background ( the green must cover at least 50 % of the area of ​​the sign ) . They are used to signal all escape exits the enclosure , plant or building with the direction of the paths to follow to the point where the outlet or relief system . signs will be used : "OUT " to indicate a way out of common usage, " EMERGENCY EXIT " to indicate which is provided for use in this situation "and" FIRE LADDER "to indicate a staircase arranged externally . In marked paths , any door that would mislead the evacuation will be signaled marked " No Exit " (white on red background security ) .

   

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6. Signs Transport of Dangerous Goods: For proper identification , the vehicles transporting these kinds of goods, lead panels and reflective orange color, and a danger labels of different colors. The danger labels are diamond-shaped and background color and representative drawings indicate the danger of the transported product.

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