NFPA 170 Fire Safety & Emergency Symbols by Freeman, Suzanne

Google Quick Draw

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 22:00:48 UTC

Quick Draw Library

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 22:01:40 UTC

2024 NFPA 170 Standard for Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 22:23:10 UTC

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2018 NFPA 170 Fire & Emergency Symbols (PDF)

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 22:24:12 UTC

Swan? Not a Swan?

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 22:33:26 UTC

As for the Swan, it guessed Parrot, Dragon, and Elephant! (Tap the picture to see the guesses, then scroll down to see how it is done!

How to Play Quick Draw!

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 22:39:30 UTC

Here is my game of quick draw (without the sound...check out the captions). It guessed all of them. Sheep surprised me most. You can the computers top 3 guesses then the sketches it reconizes as sheep.

Google Data Set- Universal Language?

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 23:03:35 UTC

Pick any picture from the data set. Find three artists from countries that are not the US and look at their drawings, what do they all have in common? What element conveyed the message regardless of the native language of the artist? (use any image for this post.)

Finland, Ireland and Canada. Rectangels with wheels and a ladder I think are the common shapes.

Now lets warm up!

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 23:32:55 UTC

Click the picture above and add five original sketches to the padlet

Sketchnote Submission

freeman_suzanne — 2025-08-26 23:52:26 UTC

Here is my NFPA 170 sketchnote with 5 images from 5 different tables. It is organized, and the colors are used with intention.

I guess its not a lollipop

2025-09-01 20:42:05 UTC

It was interesting the ones I was actually confident in, it did not guess. It guessed lighthouse, octopus, passport, and pizza

Data set

2025-09-01 20:51:56 UTC

I chose ambulance and the countries I got were Russia, UK, and Canada. We obviously all have similar boxy builds with wheels but the symbol that was far more universal and applicable to the drawing was the cross on the side. The cross symbolizing of course health care.

Doughnut

2025-09-01 23:21:32 UTC

Doughnut drawing: it guessed circle, avocado, and wheel. Finally it got doughnut. All of these images have shapes and sizes in common.

Data set

2025-09-01 23:27:40 UTC

I noticed Ireland, Canada, and Russia. They are all very similar with the box like looks and the tools that are equipped on the rig.

Ambulance

2025-09-02 03:28:43 UTC

I focused on the ambulance one the most but it guessed it pretty fast. It guess a bulldozer, truck, and then the ambulance. what was similar to my drawing and the ones below were the plus symbol on the side of the ambulance

Choosing

2025-09-02 03:33:31 UTC

I chose the fire truck from the data set and I chose Canada, Finland, and Korea what they had in common was having a ladder and rectangular shape

Flamingo

2025-09-02 20:00:54 UTC

I think my flamingo drawing might need some work but it guessed it in three trys, the other being duck and swan. I think the three drawings had the general shape of a bird or duck in the picture.

We can be Bees

josephkelso77 — 2025-09-02 21:09:04 UTC

For my bee drawing the computer guessed cat, then baseball, then fly before I added the stripes in. All of these images share a similar shape which is why the computer guessed what it did.

Data set

josephkelso77 — 2025-09-02 21:41:48 UTC

I chose ambulance and I saw sketches from Russia, Thailand and the United Kingdom. Though the designs were slightly different I could see that these designs are easily identifiable as they all have boxy frames and most have sirens atop. The main element conveyed on all of them is the sirens which was what made them easily identifiable.

NFPA 170 Symbols

2025-09-02 23:09:26 UTC

Here are the 5 symbols I chose and what chapter they came from along with the tables.

Quick Draw

2025-09-02 23:18:36 UTC

The toothpaste and lipstick were not guessed correctly. It guessed shoe for toothpaste as well as lipstick multiple times.

data set

2025-09-02 23:20:58 UTC

I noticed Germany, Korea, and Japan all have similar fire hydrant depictions with a cylinder shape to start.

My results

2025-09-03 02:20:27 UTC

These were all recognized, and before I could even finish them. The green bean one did not recognize until I started drawing circles in the middle.

Data

2025-09-03 02:38:41 UTC

I chose the motorbike and I saw the UK, Australia, and France versions. I noticed that some look like bicycles and some look like a pair of glasses.

Crocodile

2025-09-03 19:40:23 UTC

It actually guessed crocodile within less than 5 seconds it felt like! The other guesses it saw were shoe and shark-fin.

Within all the other images drawn by others, they all seem to have a very similar shape in terms of the "face" and the snout that extends from the eyes.

Data Set - Television

2025-09-03 19:45:49 UTC

Some of the countries I found were: Japan, Indonesia, and New Zealand. Overall, all of these images are so eerily similar it's almost comical. The drawing from Japan was one of the only ones that didn't conform to the, box-inside-of-a-box drawing with antennas poking out of the top. The drawing from Japan assumed an almost computer screen look.

Hedgehog

2025-09-04 02:44:35 UTC

I chose hedgehog because I was surprised at how quickly it guessed my drawing. The top 3 guesses were hedgehog, whale, and a dolphin. What makes most of these recognizable is the nose along with the spikes all being drawn the same.

Data Set

2025-09-04 02:49:21 UTC

I chose bees and saw drawings from Japan, the UK, and Russia. What they all have in common is that they all have wings and stripes around a circular body

wine glass, not a wine glass

10sammywilson10 — 2025-09-04 03:21:37 UTC

for the wine glass it guessed nail, trophy, floor lamp. I thought it was pretty good but i guess not.

NFPA 170 symbols

10sammywilson10 — 2025-09-04 03:25:20 UTC

these are the 5 symbols I chose

Data set

10sammywilson10 — 2025-09-04 03:30:38 UTC

I noticed that Ireland, Australia and Latvia. they all look pretty different actually. Some are a little better than others.

How do you draw Binoculars???

2025-09-04 07:38:35 UTC

The only one my computer could not guess was Binoculars but to be fair, I couldn't draw them properly.

I really dislike the amount of "child like" homework we have in this class.

The Rhino

trevorhansenent — 2025-09-04 18:06:19 UTC

I figured it would have been one of the easiest animals to draw the side profile of. it guessed Cat, Tiger and then rhino!

Data Set - BUS-

trevorhansenent — 2025-09-04 18:16:39 UTC

New zealand, Australia, Hungary. looking at the couple of different busses I noticed a similarity in the way that people were drawing the windows in the busses.

Nicholas Gutierrez

2025-09-04 18:45:52 UTC

It guess like 2 of them. I wasn't good at drawing everything. I had no clue how to draw camoflauge.

Quick draw

2025-09-07 03:32:14 UTC

It guessed all my images right away except the police car.

Sketch note for nfpa symbols

2025-09-07 03:35:52 UTC

Sketch notes from nfpa symbols

Quick Draw

2025-09-07 03:42:01 UTC

For my image I chose an elephant because it is my favorite animal and I thought it would be cool to see everyone else drawing of them. Most are pretty standard a big animal with a long distinctive nose that gives it that elephant characteristics. Serbia had a cute drawing of one, Canada had a good one and Slovakia had an interesting one.

Cory Ariza

2025-09-08 17:56:33 UTC

Below are my 5 NFPA 170 symbols showing a fire extinguisher, fire hydrant, an AED, a smoke detector and a heat detector

Quick Draw

2025-09-08 17:59:44 UTC

For me, the butterfly was the easiest for the computer to recognize. there were some like the earth where I wasn't finished but it still understood the drawing. the only one it didn't recognize was the clock

Quick Draw

2tdavidson2 — 2025-09-08 22:35:30 UTC

My easiest was definitely shrub, It was able to guess it in 3 seconds. There were a couple where I had no idea what to draw.

Heli-Snail

2025-09-09 23:10:49 UTC

The 100% guess rate really made me feel better about my art skills. The computer thought the helicopter could've been a snail or a whale.

MONKEY

2025-09-10 21:30:43 UTC

The Top guess was correct.

The computer thought it was a short monster. Everyone's drawing of monkeys has big, round ears and a tail.

Data Set

2025-09-10 21:37:37 UTC

I chose the campfire, and the countries I got were Russia, Canada, and France. I think we all have the same universal symbol for a campfire, an X made of wood, and a fire.

Its A Book? Its a Loaf?

hbsurfcity43 — 2025-09-13 19:41:31 UTC

All 6 of my drawings were recognized. The book one cut me off before I was done but it still guessed right. The top three guesses for the book were book, bread, and megaphone. The top guess was correct. All of the book drawing that the program guessed based on had a distinct book shape, and most of them included lines of writing on the pages.

Data Set - Windmill

hbsurfcity43 — 2025-09-13 19:50:16 UTC

I chose windmill pictures from Algeria, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Each drawing had a clear base and windmill blades. Some blades were triangular and pointed while others were rectangular.

Nicholas Gutierrez) Dolphin

2025-09-15 21:36:47 UTC

It guessed all of them. I'll focus on the dolphin drawing for my reflection. It's top 3 guesses were correct. It also guessed "line". All of these pictures are similar because we were rushed and they are not the best.

data set

2025-09-15 21:43:35 UTC

I chose a hospital and I saw sketches from Russia, Thailand, and Brazil. The designs were a little different, but they are all easily identifiable because of the cross symbol.

Assignment

2025-09-16 22:17:15 UTC

The computer could not recognize my TV no surprise. The computer thought it was a bench and then a brick and then a radio. I think one thing they have in common is they are easily identifiable items we see on a day to day basis.

Street light?

2025-09-18 00:03:53 UTC

The top three guesses that the computer said was fence, cookie, and bucket. Most of the drawings I drew, the computer just mentioned it as a line or a dot. I am still in disbelief that the computer said street light even though it just looks like a curved line with no light indicators.

Apple

2025-09-18 00:12:07 UTC

The item that I chose was apple and there were different countries such as Russian Federation, Hungary, and France. What I see from majority of these drawings is the most people have the idea of forming the "apple" shape with the stem on the top to indicate it as an apple. Some did also put a leaf next to the stem, but the shape form and stem indicates it as an apple.

Well drawn

michaelricks1999 — 2025-09-18 06:48:49 UTC

As I was drawing the violin it was listing weird items that don't relate to the item I was drawing. it was a cool experience drawing items and the computer trying to guess.

Is it a fish or a shoe? No! It's a plane

andyricks01 — 2025-09-18 06:51:59 UTC

For the airplane drawing; its top 3 guesses were a shoe, a fish, and of course an airplane.

Quick draw! the data

michaelricks1999 — 2025-09-18 06:54:13 UTC

I chose a drawing of a rabbit from Russia that was made back in Jan. 31st, 2017

Data Set for Bears

andyricks01 — 2025-09-18 06:59:43 UTC

The drawings from Brazil, Hong Kong, and Russia were different in interpretations; however they had similar aspects in the basic image of a bear. Each one was easily identified as a bear.

NFPA 170 Sketches

michaelricks1999 — 2025-09-18 07:01:06 UTC

Here's my 5 NFPA 170 sketches about floor warden station, AED, Fire extinguisher, stairs in open shaft and civil disturbance incident

Quick Draw

jakericks04 — 2025-09-18 07:02:37 UTC

All of my drawing were pretty much guessed instantly, I didn't even get to draw any details. The one that shocked me was the moon, it got it instantly even though it was just a circle with no details.

Data Set for Stethoscope

jakericks04 — 2025-09-18 07:20:25 UTC

I chose Stethoscope, I saw sketches from United Kingdom, Hungary, and France. As I scroll down the data set I noticed majority of the sketches were accurate and recognizable, but a few of the drawing were headphones or a telescope or just gave up and wrote the word out.

Ice Cream Reflection

jyezzat — 2025-09-18 16:44:01 UTC

For my drawings I'm focusing on the ice cream. The top three guesses from the computer were ice cream, diamond, and carrot. Yes, the top guess was correct; all the drawings were similar in that they had pointy triangles.

Passport Quickdraw- Denis

denisdelgadillo007 — 2025-09-18 19:06:33 UTC

So I'm picking my passport drawing, and I guessed it was water, and a notebook at first, then I got it. It was able to put together the shapes of the two and figure it out at the end.

Data Set

denisdelgadillo007 — 2025-09-18 19:15:12 UTC

Ireland, Germany, and Finland were similar in ways with the shape being more of a box type style paired with the easily identifiable ladder.

Fire Hydrant - Quick draw-Brandon Verastegui

2025-09-19 01:09:14 UTC

I choose to pick fire hydrant, and I felt the rest of the images did not reflect on fire safety.The fire hydrant drawing was a little difficult to draw, even with 20 seconds. The computer AI did recognize my drawings, even the screw driver that was horribly drawn was still known.

Data set - Cats

2025-09-19 01:47:10 UTC

I choose the cat because Sweden, Philippines and Hungary have cats. Sometimes fire fighters save cats using ladders.

Alejandro Noriega - Bow Tie quick

2025-09-19 02:52:30 UTC

The only one the computer guessed wrong was bow tie, because i felt that that was ambiguous. I didn't really know what kind of a tie it was expecting. Other than that I was surprised that it guessed the toilet one write.

Snowman - Quick draw - Tim Davidson

2tdavidson2 — 2025-09-19 02:53:28 UTC

I chose Snowman because it looks like something else, and it somehow got snowman

Data Set - Horse

2tdavidson2 — 2025-09-19 03:01:53 UTC

The drawing of a horse from all types of words, like Norway and the Netherlands, all start they're drawing with a shape that looks like a cat, then they add hair on the neck. The hair is the deciding factor.

My 5 Drawings

2tdavidson2 — 2025-09-19 03:05:20 UTC

It also includes the table they are from

data set

2025-09-19 03:09:59 UTC

I chose the fire truck, and I saw images from germany, australia, and canada. I noticed Germany uses yellow as their fire color instead of red like we do in the states.

Focusing on Octopus - Reflection

2025-09-19 06:07:12 UTC

Top guess was correct, the computer thought it could be a Key, or a Saw. All the images have the same design in common, almost like a chunky spider shape.

Cow

2025-09-19 06:16:15 UTC

I chose the Cow from Turkey, UK, and France. They all have a big body with small legs and some have spots and some do not.

Sandwich

ca305574 — 2025-09-19 06:27:08 UTC

I thought my sandwich drawing was going well until my time ran out and I realized I drew more bread than sandwich as for the guesses, it thought it was #1 bread #2 mouth and #3 a peanut and I guess they all have and oval shape appearance that are the same.

Data set for megaphone

ca305574 — 2025-09-19 06:35:24 UTC

I went with the megaphone and found some sketches from Belgium, Italy, and the Ukraine and what I noticed was that they all had a cone shape head and a handle in similarity.

Quick,Draw! Focusing on the tiger.

2025-09-19 16:48:12 UTC

The AI thought it was a dog, rhino, or bear. I didnt have enough time to finish the stripes. The picture the AI got right all had obvious stripes indicative of a tiger. -Adam Cairo

Data set

2025-09-19 16:53:08 UTC

I chose a flying saucer for my drawing. It seems regardless of the country, people have a preconceived notion of what a flying saucer is to look like, a circular base with a half dome in the center. Most had circular lights around the circular base. -Adam Cairo