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Red flags fly on beaches due to dangerous rip currents and high surf. Here's how to stay out of harms way.
Tape with yellow and black diagonal stripes is commonly used as a generic hazard warning. This can be in the form of barricade tape , or as a self-adhesive tape for marking floor areas and the like. In some regions (for instance the UK) [ 1 ] yellow tape is buried a certain distance above buried electrical cables to warn future groundworkers of ...
Barricade tape across a door in Japan. Barricade tape is brightly colored tape (often incorporating a two-tone pattern of alternating yellow-black or red-white stripes or the words "Caution" or "Danger" in prominent lettering) that is used to warn or catch the attention of passersby of an area or situation containing a possible hazard.
a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary hazard statements , indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product precautionary statements , indicating how the product should be handled to minimize risks to the user (as well as to other people and the general environment)
A 'Danger' sign from the 1914 Universal Safety Standards. One of the earliest attempts to standardize safety signage in the United States was the 1914 Universal Safety Standards. [1] The signs were fairly simple in nature, consisting of an illuminated board with "DANGER" in white letters on a red field. [1]
Warning pennant Warning flag. A single red pennant was shown from the top of the tower as a small craft advisory; for a gale warning, two such pennants were used. Two square flags, red with a black square at center, indicate an approaching hurricane or winds >73 MPH. One such flag warns of storm-force winds or an approaching tropical storm.
Beach Advisory Warning Sign in Orange Beach, Alabama. A beach advisory is a warning given by a local government to avoid swimming in a body of water. [1] Beach advisories do not automatically close bodies of water to swimmers but instead function as a warning to swimmers against swimming at a particular site.