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Is picture better though? This actually looks like a bottle of soda next to a Christmas tree: https://www.brady.eu/signs/iso-7010-sign-fire-extinguisher-cps-31

Is picture better though? This actually looks like a bottle of soda next to a Christmas tree: https://www.brady.eu/signs/iso-7010-sign-fire-extinguisher-cps-3185749?part-number=816887 https://www.brady.eu/signs/iso-7010-sign-fire-extinguisher-c... Even panicked people can still read and a big "FIRE" word is actually quite easy to recognize, unlike the picture above.

cess11 2y ago
We learn that symbol and others before we learn to read.
- mynameisvlad 2y ago
  You get exposed to the symbol for a fire extinguisher that much as a child? I would expect encountering it at some point not before reading.
  - Symbiote 2y ago
    I took it to be a joke, but the symbol will be shown in several places around a nursery/kindergarten. It's also designed to be noticed, and printed on a reflective (often glow-in-the-dark) material. https://www.holytrinity.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7220-1024x683.jpg https://www.holytrinity.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020... (primary school corridor). https://www.building-blocks-nurseries.co.uk/uploads/rucV7eaP/HWCorridor.PNG https://www.building-blocks-nurseries.co.uk/uploads/rucV7eaP... (nursery corridor).
    - seabass-labrax 2y ago
      There is some truth to this. I can distinctly remember attempting to memorise the classes of fire extinguisher listed next to this symbol (some types are suitable for electrical fires, others are not etc.) not long after learning to read.
  - cess11 2y ago
    Yes. It's in grocery stores, on buses, in kindergarten, in hospitals and health centres, pretty much everywhere. There's roughly two years of chatting between 2 and 4 years old, and it would be kind of weird to not talk about fire, fire fighters, extinguishers, during those years.
Symbiote 2y ago
Even if you can't read, the meaning of the symbol is clear as it's always seen next to a fire extinguisher. The fire part is also on the emergency exit sign. I don't know the word for fire in Hungarian, but I will recognise these symbols next time I'm in Budapest.

cess11 2y ago

We learn that symbol and others before we learn to read.

mynameisvlad 2y ago
You get exposed to the symbol for a fire extinguisher that much as a child? I would expect encountering it at some point not before reading.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  I took it to be a joke, but the symbol will be shown in several places around a nursery/kindergarten. It's also designed to be noticed, and printed on a reflective (often glow-in-the-dark) material. https://www.holytrinity.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7220-1024x683.jpg https://www.holytrinity.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020... (primary school corridor). https://www.building-blocks-nurseries.co.uk/uploads/rucV7eaP/HWCorridor.PNG https://www.building-blocks-nurseries.co.uk/uploads/rucV7eaP... (nursery corridor).
  - seabass-labrax 2y ago
    There is some truth to this. I can distinctly remember attempting to memorise the classes of fire extinguisher listed next to this symbol (some types are suitable for electrical fires, others are not etc.) not long after learning to read.
- cess11 2y ago
  Yes. It's in grocery stores, on buses, in kindergarten, in hospitals and health centres, pretty much everywhere. There's roughly two years of chatting between 2 and 4 years old, and it would be kind of weird to not talk about fire, fire fighters, extinguishers, during those years.

Symbiote 2y ago

Even if you can't read, the meaning of the symbol is clear as it's always seen next to a fire extinguisher. The fire part is also on the emergency exit sign. I don't know the word for fire in Hungarian, but I will recognise these symbols next time I'm in Budapest.