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A figure wearing a buoyancy collar, marking where life jackets are stowed.
Also known as: Lifejacket sign, Life vest symbol, Life jacket stowage sign
Sometimes confused with: Buoyancy aid symbol
The life jacket symbol shows a figure wearing a buoyancy collar around the neck and chest, and it marks where life jackets are kept rather than telling anyone to put one on. It belongs to the safe-condition class of safety signs, so it is white on a green square at sea and in buildings; the same figure appears in an instructional sequence on aircraft safety cards and in donning diagrams inside lifeboat stations. Finding the sign and finding the locker are the same job, which is why it is mounted at the stowage and repeated along the route to it.
Marks where life jackets are stowed rather than instructing anyone to wear one, which is why it belongs to the safe-condition class of signs and is drawn white on green rather than as a blue mandatory disc.
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Is repeated along the route to the stowage as well as at it, because a sign that can only be seen from the locker is useless to somebody looking for the locker.
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Marks a life jacket specifically. A life jacket is designed to turn an unconscious wearer face-up; a buoyancy aid is not, and the two are not interchangeable however similar the pictograms look on a shop shelf.
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A standing figure seen from the front with a broad collar drawn around the neck and two panels hanging down the chest, set inside a square.
Both belong to the safe-condition class of safety signs.