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ISO 20712 Standard Targets Beach Safety Flags, Water Safety Signs
August 11, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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| | ISO 20712, a new standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), seeks to standardize an international system for providing safety information related to aquatic activity that relies as little as possible on the use of words to achieve understanding.
The standard, which was developed in collaboration with the International Life Saving Federation (ILS), consists of three parts:
- ISO 20712-1:2008 - Water safety signs and beach safety flags - Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces and public areas, is intended for use by owners and operators of aquatic environments and by manufacturers of signs and equipment.
It categorizes water safety signs according to their function: means of escape and emergency equipment signs, mandatory action signs, prohibition signs and warning signs.
The shape and color required for safety signs, together with the corresponding graphical symbols, are given as prescribed by ISO 3864-1 and ISO 3864-3, the standards on design principles for safety signs and design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs, respectively.
- ISO 20712-2:2007 - Water safety signs and beach safety flags - Specifications for beach safety flags - Color, shape, meaning and performance specifies requirements for the shape and color of beach safety flags for the management of activities on coastal and inland beaches, to be used for giving information on wind and water conditions and other hazardous conditions, and to indicate the location of swimming and other aquatic activity zones extending from the beach into the water and when lifeguards are on duty.
- ISO 20712-3, Water safety signs and beach safety flags - Guidance for use reflects good practice in the use of water safety signs and beach safety flags. The illustrations show examples of the selection and location of water safety signs and beach safety flags designed to provide information about aquatic hazards and the action necessary to avoid those hazards. It also has a section covering the need for signs in tsunami hazard areas. This third part will be published in the coming months.
Source: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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