BS ISO 20712-3:2020
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Water safety signs and beach safety flags – Guidance for use
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2020 | 40 |
This document gives guidance for the selection and use of water safety signs as specified in ISO 7010 and beach safety flags as specified in ISO 20712-2 in aquatic environments. It provides guidance on their location, mounting positions, lighting and maintenance. It also provides guidance on the design and location of multiple signs.
This document does not apply to traffic signs for use on the public highway or maritime signalling. It is not applicable to flags for use on firing ranges or to flags used to indicate water quality. It does not cover means of escape signs and their illumination which may be present.
The illustrations in this document are as accurate as possible within the limitations of the printing process.
This document refers to water safety signs which were originally specified in ISO 20712-1 1
This document has been withdrawn and replaced by ISO 7010 .
. These water safety signs have been integrated in ISO 7010, but are not specifically identified as water safety signs.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 2 | undefined |
| 7 | Foreword |
| 8 | Introduction |
| 9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
| 10 | 4 Guidance for selection and siting of signs and flags 4.1 Guidance for risk assessment |
| 11 | 4.2 Siting 4.2.1 Water safety signs and multiple signs 4.2.2 Beach safety flags 5 Water safety signs 5.1 General requirements for aquatic environments 5.1.1 General |
| 12 | 5.1.2 Mounting height 5.1.3 Lighting 5.1.4 Sign height and maximum viewing distance |
| 14 | 5.1.5 Use of supplementary text 5.1.6 Construction: durability and suitability 5.1.7 Servicing and maintenance 5.2 Specific requirements for the swimming pool environment |
| 15 | 6 Beach safety flags 6.1 General 6.2 Application of specific beach safety flags 6.2.1 Red flag BF.01 6.2.2 Yellow flag BF.02 6.2.3 Red/yellow flag BF.03 |
| 16 | 6.2.4 Black/white flag BF.04 6.2.5 Red/white flag BF.05 6.2.6 Truncated orange cone 6.3 Materials for beach safety flags 6.4 Operation of flags 6.4.1 Mounting position 6.4.2 Size of flag 6.4.3 Hoisting and taking down of flags |
| 17 | 6.5 Flagpole 6.6 Inspection and maintenance of flags and flagpoles 6.7 Storage of flags 7 Multiple signs 7.1 General requirements 7.2 Presentation of information 7.2.1 General 7.2.2 Typeface 7.2.3 Type size |
| 18 | 7.2.4 Colour 7.2.5 Use of symbols 7.2.6 Terminology and language 7.3 Types of multiple signs 7.3.1 Approach signs |
| 19 | 7.3.2 Primary access signs |
| 20 | 7.3.3 Secondary access signs |
| 21 | 7.3.4 Directional signs |
| 22 | 8 Tsunami signing system 8.1 Planning 8.2 Tsunami safety signs and associated safety information signs |
| 24 | Annex A (informative) Distance factor z |
| 25 | Annex B (informative) Examples of signing swimming pools |
| 27 | Annex C (informative) Examples of positioning beach safety flags |
| 29 | Annex D (informative) Typeface for text |
| 31 | Annex E (informative) Examples of tsunami signing system |
| 36 | Bibliography |
