GB 13495.3-2026Fire safety signs - Part 3: Requirements for the installation (English PDF)

Foreword

This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part

1.Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents". Drafting. This document is Part 3 of GB 13495 "Fire Safety Signs". GB 13495 has the following parts published.

2.General Product Requirements;

3.Setup Requirements This document replaces GB 15630-1995 "Requirements for the Installation of Fire Safety Signs". Compared with GB 15630-1995, the main differences are in structural adjustments and compilation. Aside from the logical changes, the main technical changes are as follows:

a) The content of "Setting up location" has been changed (see Chapter 4, Chapter 4 of GB 15630-1995);

b) The "Setting Principles" were changed to "Setting Locations," and the locations for setting up relevant signs were specified according to the venue classification (see Chapter 5). Chapter 5 of GB 15630-1995);

c) A reference to GB 13495.2 has been added (see 6.1.1);

d) Requirements for the substrate, chromaticity coordinates, and luminance factor of relevant fire safety signs installed indoors and outdoors have been added (see 6.1.2);

e) Added principles for selecting fire safety sign models and typical fire safety sign models for installation in typical locations (see 6.1.8, Table 1). Table 2);

f) The requirements for the installation method of fire extinguishing equipment signs in evacuation routes have been increased (see 6.2.2.1);

g) The requirements for the manufacture of fire safety signs, internal lighting, and product requirements for self-illuminating fire safety signs have been removed (see [link to documentation]). GB 15630-1995, sections 6.9, 6.10.4.2, and 6.10.4.3);

h) The "Setup Method" is divided into two chapters. "Installation of Signs" and "Arrangement of Signs" (see Chapters 7 and 8, GB 15630- Chapter 7 of.1995 changed the requirements for signpost installation (see 7.4,

7.3.3 of GB 15630-1995);

i) The term "Inspection and Repair" has been changed to "Operation and Maintenance," and the content has been adjusted (see Chapter 9, GB 15630-1995). Chapter 8). Please note that some content in this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents. This document was proposed and is under the jurisdiction of the State Fire and Rescue Administration. The release history of this document and the document it replaces is as follows:

1 Scope

Part 3 of China's mandatory national standard for fire safety signs, covering their installation. A correct sign in the wrong place is no sign at all, and this part is what prevents that. It specifies the mounting height, which must be in the field of view of someone walking and also visible below a smoke layer that fills a corridor from the ceiling down; the spacing along an escape route, so that from any sign the next one is visible; the placement at every change of direction and at every decision point, since those are where people hesitate; the viewing distance that determines the sign's size; and the illumination or photoluminescent charging the sign requires to be readable. It also covers what must not be done - signs obscured by fittings, contradictory signs, and the arrows that point somewhere other than the way out.

This document specifies the locations, placement areas, requirements, installation, arrangement, operation, and maintenance of fire safety signs. This document applies to the installation of fire safety signs in locations where fire safety information needs to be conveyed using fire safety signs.

4.Setting up the venue The following locations should have fire safety signs installed.

a) Public buildings, residential buildings, and industrial buildings;

b) Garages, repair shops, and parking lots;

c) Longitudinal evacuation platforms in subway projects, including stations, transfer passages or connecting passages, vehicle depots, and underground sections, used during normal times. Civil air defense projects, underground pedestrian passages, traffic tunnels, and integrated utility tunnels;

d) Construction site of the construction project;

e) Production and storage areas for flammable liquids, flammable gases, and oxidizing gases; flammable material storage yards; vehicle refueling, gas refueling, and hydrogen refueling stations; flammable and explosive materials. Goods transport vehicles, public transportation vehicles;

f) Outdoor venues such as tourist attractions, outdoor playgrounds, squares, open-air markets, and venues for large-scale public events;

g) Mining areas, oil and gas fields, grasslands, and forest areas.

5.Installation Location 5.1 "No Blocking" signs should be posted in fire truck access routes, fire truck aerial ladder operation areas, and other areas where firefighting equipment may be obstructed or hindered. Logo.

5.2 Where underground fire hydrants are installed, a combination of "Underground Fire Hydrant" sign and directional auxiliary signs, including directional arrows, should be prominently displayed. It should point to the location of the underground fire hydrant; where a fire pump connection is installed, it should be installed in a prominent position. Signs and directional auxiliary signs should have directional arrows pointing towards the location of the fire pump connection.

5.3 For fire extinguishing equipment without a corresponding fire safety sign or in areas where fire extinguishing equipment is centrally stored, a "Fire Extinguishing Equipment" sign should be posted on its outer surface. The "prepared" mark.

5.4 For concealed fire extinguishing equipment locations, the outer surface should be labeled with the corresponding name of the fire extinguishing equipment, such as "portable fire extinguisher" or "wheeled fire extinguisher". Fire extinguisher, fire monitor, fire hose reel, and other similar signs, as well as "Do Not Block" signs; if these signs are not in a clearly visible location, Relevant fire extinguishing equipment signs and directional auxiliary signs should be set up in a conspicuous place, and the directional arrows should point to the location of the fire extinguishing equipment.

5.5 Entrances and areas within which the production or storage of substances that explode upon contact with water, or where extinguishing fires with water would pose a hazard to the surrounding environment, shall be marked with "No Entry" signs. "Use water to extinguish fire" sign.