Standard for Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols

1 NFPA170 Standard for Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols2018 GroupEgpetTelegram Safety AND Emergency SYMBOLS170-42018 EditionContentsChapter 1 Administration ..170 ..170 ..170 ..170 ..170 ..170 5 Chapter 2 Referenced Publications ..170 ..170 Publications..170 Publications..170 for Extracts in Mandatory Sections. 170 6 Chapter 3 Definitions ..170 ..170 Official Definitions..170 Definitions..170 6 Chapter 4 Symbols for General Use ..170 ..170 for General Use..170 of Fire Symbols ..170 7 Chapter 5 Symbols for Use by the Fire Service ..170 ..170 for Use by the Fire Service..170 Apparatus Safety Symbols ..170 14 Chapter 6 Symbols for Use in Architectural andEngineering Drawings and InsuranceDiagrams ..170 ..170 for Site Features..170 for Building Construction..170 18 Chapter 7 Symbols for Use in Water Supply,Extinguishing, and Sprinkler SystemDrawings and Insurance Diagrams.

2 170 ..170 Supply and Distribution Symbols ..170 ..170 Related to Means of egress ..170 Appliances..170 for Fire Extinguishing Systems..170 for Portable Fire Extinguishers..170 for Fire-Fighting Equipment..170 Symbols ..170 21 Chapter 8 Symbols for Use in Electronic Fire andSmoke Detection and Notification SystemDrawings and Insurance Diagrams ..170 ..170 for Control Panels..170 for Fire Alarms, Detection, andRelated Equipment Signal Initiating Devicesand Activation Switches..170 Appliances..170 Equipment..170 for Smoke/Pressurization Control..170 34 Chapter 9 Symbols for Use in Pre-Incident PlanningSketches ..170 ..170 Features, Assessment Features,Ventilation Features, and Utility Shutoffs..170 Equipment..170 Flow Control Valves and Water Sources..170 Rooms..170 of Hazardous Materials..170 34 Chapter 10 Symbology for Emergency ManagementMapping.

3 170 Operational Symbols ..170 Symbology..170 Symbology..170 Events Symbology..170 Symbology..170 37 Chapter 11 Emergency Evacuation Diagrams andPlans ..170 ..170 ..170 ..170 Shown..170 ..170 57 Annex AExplanatory Material ..170 57 Annex BAdditional Explanatory Information onChapters 1 Through 6 ..170 62 Annex CEmergency Responder Map ..170 66 Annex DFire Fighter Safety Building MarkingSystem ..170 69 Annex EInformational References ..170 70 Index ..170 72 GroupEgpetTelegram PUBLICATIONS170-52018 EditionNFPA 170 Standard forFire Safety and Emergency Symbols2018 EditionIMPORTANT NOTE: This NFPA document is made available foruse subject to important notices and legal disclaimers. These noticesand disclaimers appear in all publications containing this documentand may be found under the heading Important Notices andDisclaimers Concerning NFPA Standards.

4 They can also be viewedat or obtained on request from , ALERTS, AND FUTURE EDITIONS: New editions ofNFPA codes, standards, recommended practices, and guides ( ,NFPA Standards) are released on scheduled revision cycles. Thisedition may be superseded by a later one, or it may be amendedoutside of its scheduled revision cycle through the issuance of Tenta tive Interim Amendments (TIAs). An official NFPA Standard at anypoint in time consists of the current edition of the document, togetherwith all TIAs and Errata in effect. To verify that this document is thecurrent edition or to determine if it has been amended by TIAs orErrata, please consult the National Fire Codes Subscription Serviceor the List of NFPA Codes & Standards at addition to TIAs and Errata, the document information pages alsoinclude the option to sign up for alerts for individual documents andto be involved in the development of the next : An asterisk (*) following the number or letterdesignating a paragraph indicates that explanatory material onthe paragraph can be found in Annex reference in brackets [ ] following a section or paragraphindicates material that has been extracted from another NFPA document.

5 As an aid to the user, the complete title and editionof the source documents for extracts in mandatory sections ofthe document are given in Chapter 2 and those for extracts ininformational sections are given in Annex E. Extracted textmay be edited for consistency and style and may include therevision of internal paragraph references and other referencesas appropriate. Requests for interpretations or revisions ofextracted text shall be sent to the technical committee respon sible for the source on referenced publications can be found inChapter 2 and Annex 1 Scope. This Standard presents Symbols used for fire Safety , Emergency , and associated Purpose. The purpose of this Standard is to standardizethe Symbols used in representing fire Safety , Emergency , andassociated Retroactivity. The provisions of this Standard reflect aconsensus of what is necessary to provide an acceptable degreeof protection from the hazards addressed in this Standard atthe time the Standard was Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this stand ard shall not apply to facilities, equipment, structures, or instal lations that existed or were approved for construction orinstallation prior to the effective date of the Standard .

6 Wherespecified, the provisions of this Standard shall be In those cases where the authority having jurisdictiondetermines that the existing situation presents an unacceptabledegree of risk, the authority having jurisdiction shall be permit ted to apply retroactively any portions of this Standard The retroactive requirements of this Standard shall bepermitted to be modified if their application clearly would beimpractical in the judgment of the authority having jurisdic tion, and only where it is clearly evident that a reasonabledegree of Safety is Equivalency. Nothing in this Standard is intended toprevent the use of systems, methods, or devices of equivalent orsuperior quality, strength, fire resistance, effectiveness, durabil ity, and Safety over those prescribed by this Technical documentation shall be submitted to theauthority having jurisdiction to demonstrate The system, method, or device shall be approved for theintended purpose by the authority having Units.

7 Metric units of measurement used in this standardshall be in accordance with the International System of Units(SI). One unit (liter), outside of but recognized by SI, iscommonly used in international fire protection. For conversionfactors, see Table Metric Conversion FactorsName of UnitUnit SymbolConversion FactorLiterL1 gal = LCubic decimeterdm31 gal = dm3 PascalPa1 psi = PaMeterm1 ft = mMillimetermm1 in. = mmChapter 2 Referenced General. The documents or portions thereof listed in thischapter are referenced within this Standard and shall beconsidered part of the requirements of this NFPA Publications. National Fire Protection Association,1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 101 , Life Safety Code , 2015 704, Standard System for the Identification of the Hazardsof Materials for Emergency Response, 2017 Other ANSI Publications.

8 American National Standards Insti tute, Inc., 25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY , Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, , Safety Color Code, Safety AND Emergency SYMBOLS170-62018 ASTM Publications. ASTM International, 100 BarrHarbor Drive, Box C700, West Conshohocken, E2072, Standard Specification for Photoluminescent (Phos phorescent) Safety E2073, Standard Test Method for Photopic Luminance ofPhotoluminescent (Phosphorescent) FAMA Publications. Fire Apparatus Manufacturers Asso ciation, Box 397, Lynnfield, MA TC00, Graphical Symbols for Automotive Fire Apparatus, TC010, Standard Product Safety Sign Catalog for Automo tive Fire Apparatus, NECA Publications. National Electrical ContractorsAssociation, 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1100, Bethesda,MD NEIS 100, Symbols for Electrical Construction Drawings, UL Publications.

9 Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 924, Standard for Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment, 1994, Standard for Luminous egress Path Other s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, MA, References for Extracts in Mandatory 10, Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers, 2017 3 General. The definitions contained in this chapter shallapply to the terms used in this Standard . Where terms are notdefined in this chapter or within another chapter, they shall bedefined using their ordinarily accepted meanings within thecontext in which they are used. Merriam-Webster s CollegiateDictionary, 11th edition, shall be the source for the ordinarilyaccepted NFPA Official Approved. Acceptable to the authority having jurisdic * Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).

10 An organization,office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirementsof a code or Standard , or for approving equipment, materials,an installation, or a Labeled. Equipment or materials to which has beenattached a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an organ ization that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdictionand concerned with product evaluation, that maintains peri odic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materi als, and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicatescompliance with appropriate standards or performance in aspecified * Listed. Equipment, materials, or services included in alist published by an organization that is acceptable to theauthority having jurisdiction and concerned with evaluation ofproducts or services, that maintains periodic inspection ofproduction of listed equipment or materials or periodic evalua tion of services, and whose listing states that either the equip ment, material, or service meets appropriate designatedstandards or has been tested and found suitable for a Shall.