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Fri 11 January 2008 - Too subtle

Posted in Melbourne — Daniel @ 7:15am

Spotted in Australia On Collins

MFB cabinet

Now call me old-fashioned if you like, but shouldn’t the location of life-saving fire-fighting equipment be indicated in a slightly less subtle way?

7 Responses to “Too subtle”

  1. Roger Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 8:10am

    Daniel
    I suspect the terminology is standard and has been for decades. I work in a modern city building and each floor has a door labelled “Fire hydrant & hose reel”. It also contains an intercom phone for Floor Wardens to communicate with the Chief Fire Warden if a beep-beep or woop-woop sounds on the floor.
    Rog.

  2. Tony Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 8:36am

    Roger, I think Daniel was pointing out the lack of contrast between the lettering and background. The words, whatever they may be, don’t really stand out from the background.

  3. Gav Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 9:21am

    Maybe there’s some blind fire fighters at Fire stations in the CBD precinct …. did somebody say Braille?

  4. Chris Till Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 7:23pm

    Looks to me like the building has been given a new paint job and some d#psh#t has painted straight over all the lettering…

  5. Mal Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 10:10pm

    I think Chris till hit the nail on the head? Gagh!
    Cyalayta
    Mal :)

  6. Konrad Talmont Says:
    January 13th, 2008 at 5:54am

    I’ve seen similarly brilliant paint-over jobs on several occasions. They always make wonder about some people’s ability not to forget whether they should inhale or exhale next.

  7. Roger Says:
    January 13th, 2008 at 9:06pm

    Tony
    thanks - I thought the poor contrast with regard the writing was Daniel’s bad photo. And I was too polite to comment!
    Rog.