ADA safety signs are used to mark areas of buildings with a warning or special information.
Any business owner interested in keeping their clients, personnel or customers informed cannot underestimate the value of ADA safety signs. It's an inexpensive and practical way to alert people to safety measures and regulations in public places.
Here are a few examples to show just how useful ADA safety signs can be.
Why every business can use quality ADA signs to keep customers informed
ADA sign regulations insure that information is provided for the sight-impaired.
ADA signs include lettering and graphics raised slightly from the surface of the sign. The lettering and graphics are painted with colors contrasting with a darker background, for example white lettering on a blue. This insures that these signs are readable by sight-impaired people. They're also just as useful for everyone else.
Three types of helpful ADA safety signs
- Stairs - A symbol of stairs going up from left to right marks the location of stairways in large buildings. This common ADA sign is particularly useful in buildings that have elevators that may be closed for repair or otherwise inoperative. The Stair signs clearly marks an alternative route between floors.
- In Case Of Fire Use Stairs - Two symbols are used side by side on this sign. Left to right, the first is a symbol of a figure walking down stairs. To the right of this image is a symbol for fire. These symbols combine to create a clear message that this sign marks the location of a stairway to be used in case of fire in the building. Hanging this simple sign in buildings with multiple floors has saved countless lives.
- No Smoking - This sign uses the familiar symbol of a cigarette inside a circle with a diagonal line though it indicating a no smoking area. Everyone has seen these signs marking no smoking areas, but did you know they also provide security and a sense of well-being? These ADA signs make great safety tools to help people who have respiratory disorders. For these folks, cigarette smoke is more than just an annoyance, and people who have health issues need to know they have a smoke-free area available to them
Signs that not only inform, but also protect people
ADA safety signs send a clear message using symbols, letters, and Braille lettering. That message does more than inform. It also helps your clients, customers and personnel feel more at ease with their surroundings. Think about it, a few high-quality yet affordable ADA signs can help people feel better.
And when people feel safe, they feel compelled to do better work or come back more often to do business with you.
