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Fire Action Notices state clear and easy-to-read instructions, and often include the following phrases: Operate a Fire Call Point or Sound an Alarm. Leave the building via the nearest Exit. Do not use Lifts. Call the Fire Brigade. Do not return to the building until instructed to do so. Report to a Fire Assembly point.

Fire action notices are designed to clearly inform what actions should be taken during an emergency event of a fire. Fire action signs should work in conjunction with other emergency signage to let staff and visitors know your workplace fire evacuation procedure.

Best practice suggests fire action notices should be displayed next to every fire alarm call point and next to the final fire exits. This gives the relevant information at a glance to the person raising the alarm and any further action that maybe required.

FIRE SAFETY SIGNS ARE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT In order to comply with the requirements of the Building Regulations, every doorway or other exit providing access to a means of escape, other than exits in ordinary use, should be provided with an exit sign.

Fire safety signs are used to provide health and safety information, either to warn you of a hazard, to provide an instruction or to give you safety information. Safety signs can be a variety of colours – usually red, green, yellow or blue – and may contain images, words or a mixture of the two.

'Fire Action Notice' – what to do in case of fire The phone number to call the fire brigade. The exit to use to leave the building. Where the assembly point is. Any additional instructions specific to the building.

A Fire Risk Assessment is a legal requirement. If you are responsible for a building, for example a employer, owner or occupier of premises that aren't a 'single private dwelling' (a private home), you need to make sure a suitably competent person completes a Fire Risk Assessment.