Designation:F967−03(Reapproved2011)StandardPracticeforSecurityEngineeringSymbols1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF967;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticeutilizessymbolstodepictsecuritysystemsandequipmentrequirementsforarchitecturalorengineeringdrawingsthatareproducedeithermanuallyorbycomputeraideddesign(CAD).Thesymbolsdepictedincludesomesymbolsthathavealreadybeensomewhatuniversallyacceptedorthathavealreadybeenadoptedbyastandards-writingbody,suchasbytheNationalFireProtectionAssociation.1.2Itisnotproposedthatallofthesymbolsneedtobeutilizedsincethelevelofdetailrequiredfordrawingsislikelytovary.Genericsymbolsofaclassofsecuritydevicemaybesufficientinsomeinstances.Moreover,theneedtoprovideameasureofsecurityintheactualdrawingmayalsosuggestaneedtoutilizeagenericsymbolratherthantodepicttheexactdevicebeinginstalled.1.3Intheeventthatagreaterlevelofdetailisrequired,itispossibletocombinemanyofthesymbolstocreatenewsymbolsthatachievethedesiredlevel.Whilesomecombina-tionsofsymbolsareshown,itwouldbeimpracticaltoattempttodepicteveryconceivablecombinationofsymbols.Itisalsotheintentofthispracticethatthesymbolsbecapableofbeingcontinuouslyexpandedandmodifiedastheindustrystateoftheartchangesorasemphasisvaries.Forexample,littleattentionisgiventodocumentsecurityinthesecuritysymbolssincesuchrequirementsarenotgenerallyfullymetduringconstruc-tionperiodsbutareratherdevelopedandprovidedforsubse-quently.Sincemuchofthisequipmentisnotinstalledbutis“placed,”suchasfurniture,thereisonlyonesymbolproposed(forexample,fordocumentshredders).1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofre...
