ISO 7010 · F-series · Fire equipment
F002 Fire hose reel
A fire hose reel is here.
- ISO 7010 reference
- F002
- Registered title
Fire hose reel
ISO Online Browsing Platform, ISO 7010 - F002, Fire hose reel, reference number and registered title- Colour and shape
- Red square or rectangle, white symbol: Fire equipment: where the extinguisher, hose, alarm or fire phone is
What the red square or rectangle means
In HSE’s guidance on the UK Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996, a fire equipment sign has a rectangular or square shape
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (a), page 18 and a white pictogram on a red background (the red part to take up at least 50% of the area of the sign)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (b), page 18
Its colour stands for: Firefighting equipment
, Identification and location
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Table 3, red, meaning or purpose (page 26)
In the UK: HSE L64
Fire hose
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), name under the firefighting sign examples from BS EN ISO 7010, page 18The signboard must be sufficiently large to allow the location of the firefighting equipment to be easily determined.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), paragraph 115
In the US: OSHA
No OSHA general-industry rule we read names this sign or its subject. US signs follow OSHA 1910.145 and ANSI Z535; how the US sign classes work.
Signs people confuse with it, or find beside it
Other fire equipment signs
Sources
ISO 7010 is a paid standard. Its OBP entries are free to view, but they are a script-driven app, so the title and reference number above are copied from the entry's own heading as it lists them (read 2026-09-29), not from the paid text. Other lines in quotation marks are HSE’s or OSHA’s words.
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE): L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition) (published 2015). Used here: name under the firefighting sign examples from BS EN ISO 7010, page 18; paragraph 115; Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (a), page 18; Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (b), page 18; Table 3, red, instruction and information (page 26); Table 3, red, meaning or purpose (page 26). www.hse.gov.uk Checked 2026-09-29.
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ISO 7010 - F002, Fire hose reel (registered safety sign entry). Used here: reference number and registered title. www.iso.org Checked 2026-09-29.