Safety Warnings Signs Best Practices for Dams

FEMA’s Dam Safety Warning Signs Best Practices is a compilation of existing leading practices for dam owners and operators to warn the public against hazardous conditions resulting from the general operation of these facilities.

This resource pulls together best practices provided by industry leaders, including the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and more. One of its first sections outlines the process for identifying potential risks present at a facility. It also provides messaging guidance, noting one of the main challenges of developing effective safety signage is ensuring the message is clearly and easily understood by a wide range of audiences. For this section, it also discusses safety signage standards, provides guidance on location and installation, and addresses having a signage maintenance routine.

Access the resource at FEMA.