Exit Sign - A5243, Exit Signs by SafetySign.com

Sign Construction:

• These are NOT Electrical Signs, instead they are regular EXIT safety signs.
• Signs are digital or screen printed with UV inks on plastic, aluminum and vinyl film materials.
• Adhesive backed vinyl film labels are supplied with round corners only.
• Aluminum and Plastic signs are supplied with rounded corners and 4 mounting holes.
• Glow in the dark signs are not recommended for outdoor applications only indoors.
• Signs do not have any over lamination.
• Image / Text on signs is printed directly onto the sign material.

NEW YORK Title 27 / Subchapter 6 180 ARTICLE 6 EXIT LIGHTING

***ARTICLE 7 EXIT SIGNS AND OTHER MARKINGS
***§[C26-606.1] 27-383 Requirements.-

(a) Exit signs.- Except in occupancy groups J-2 and J-3, the location of every exit on every floor and every opening from a room classified in occupancy group J-1 and containing cubicles shall be clearly indicated by exit signs. Such signs shall be placed at an angle with the exit opening if such placement is required for the signs to serve their purpose. In long corridors, in open floor areas, and in all other situations where the location of the exit may not be readily visible or understood, directional signs shall be provided to serve as guides from all portions of the corridor or floor.

(b) Exit path markings in high rise office buildings and in occupancy group E high rise buildings.- On and after July 1, 2006 all high rise office buildings and all high rise buildings classified in occupancy group E shall have exit path markings conforming to this subdivision. This provision shall be retroactive and shall apply to buildings constructed on and after such date and to buildings in existence on such date. All exit path markings required herein shall be of an approved photoluminescent material. The markings shall be washable, non-toxic, non radioactive, and if subjected to fire must be self extinguishing when the flame is removed.

(1) All doors opening to corridors, to an exit, or to an exit passageway, shall be marked with the word “exit”.

(2) Within exit stairs, horizontal extensions in exit stairs, horizontal exits, supplemental vertical exits and exit passageways, except within street level lobbies, there shall be directional markings.

(3) Required markings for exit paths shall comply with the technical standards for installation and placement to be set forth in a reference standard. Such reference standard shall be designated RS 6-1 and shall be adopted on or before January 1, 2006. ***Local Law 26-2004.

§[C26-606.3] 27-385 Exit sign design.

Exit signs shall read only "exit" and shall be of the externally lighted, internally lighted, or electroluminescent type, except that they may be non illuminated in buildings not provided with artificial lighting.

(d) The letters shall be block lettering at least four and one-half inches high with nine-sixteenths inch strokes, except in buildings and spaces classified in occupancy group F and J-1, where they shall be at least eight inches high with the strokes at least three-quarters of an inch wide.

(e) In locations where breakage may occur, exit signs shall be of shock resistant materials, or shall otherwise be protected against breakage.

§[C26-606.4] 27-386 Directional sign design

• Directional exit signs shall comply with all of the requirements for exit signs in section 27-385 of this article, and shall read "EXIT" with a horizontal arrow or arrows indicating the direction to the exit or exits.
• However, when the arrow is below the letters, the letters may be three and three-eighths inches high and nine sixteenths inch strokes, except in buildings and spaces classified in occupancy group F where they shall be at least five inches high with nine-sixteenths inch strokes.
• The arrow or arrows shall be red.

§[C26-606.5] 27-387 False exits.

• Any door, passageway, stair, or other means of communication that is not an exit or that is not a way to an exit, but is so located as to be mistaken for an exit, shall be identified with a sign reading "NOT AN EXIT," shall be identified by a sign indicating its use or purpose or shall be provided with a directional exit sign.

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