Castlehead High School Safety, warning and information signs

Safety signs come in 4 main types Prohibition Mandatory Danger Safe Condition

Prohibition Signs Red and white with a black picture and text These signs tell you that you must not………...

Mandatory Blue and white with black text These signs tell you that you must……………...

Safe Condition Green and white These tell you what to do if something goes wrong…….

Warning Black and Yellow These warn you of hazards……….

What sort of sign is this? Mandatory

What sort of sign is this? Danger

What sort of sign is this? Safe Condition

What sort of sign is this? Prohibition

To summarise…...

Prohibition signs tell you what you must not do. They are red, white and black.

Danger signs are black and yellow They warn you of hazards

Mandatory signs are blue and white They tell you what you must do

And finally….. Safe condition signs are green and white They tell you what to do or where to go if something goes wrong