What does the Emergency telephone symbol look like?

Green square with a white telephone handset and a small white cross at upper right. It is also called “E004”, “emergency phone”, “emergency telephone” and “telephone for first aid or escape”.

Emergency telephone symbol: green square with a white telephone handset and a small white cross at upper right — ISO 7010-E004

Sign type set by Directive 92/58/EEC (Annex II) and the UK Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (Schedule 1); pictogram drawn to ISO 7010, which both allow.

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Green square with a white telephone handset and a small white cross at upper right. · also called “E004”, “emergency phone”, “emergency telephone”, “telephone for first aid or escape”

What the Emergency telephone symbol means

Emergency telephone

There is a telephone here for calling for help in an emergency, for first aid or for escape. Use it to raise the alarm or summon assistance.

Source · Standard ISO 7010 Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Registered safety signs · checked Nov 11, 2026

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Questions about the Emergency telephone symbol

What does the Emergency telephone symbol mean?: There is a telephone here for calling for help in an emergency, for first aid or for escape. Use it to raise the alarm or summon assistance.
What does the Emergency telephone symbol look like?: Green square with a white telephone handset and a small white cross at upper right. It is also called “E004”, “emergency phone”, “emergency telephone” and “telephone for first aid or escape”.
Which standard defines the Emergency telephone symbol?: It is listed as ISO 7010-E004.

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