MUTCD EM1-1 · Emergency and evacuation signs
Designated evacuation route for emergency situations
What it means
Indicates designated evacuation route for emergency situations.
What to do about it
It is an evacuation route sign: it marks the route to follow when authorities order an evacuation. (MUTCD EM1-1.)
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Get the appSign designations follow the MUTCD and the California MUTCD published by Caltrans; meanings are checked against the California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025). Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
Signs in the same family
These sit next to it in the emergency and evacuation signs series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.
