Keep fire doors clear!
Safety sheet showing a sliding fire door in red, a loaded hand truck standing in front of it, flames and smoke behind, and a worker holding a fire extinguisher, with the headline 'Keep fire doors CLEAR!' and the line 'Have fire extinguishers readily accessible!'. A red arrow runs from the headline to the blocked door; the flames beside it carry the fear-appeal. The technique is mild and the message is instructional.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Navy Department (Navy Department Safety Poster; artist Thorndike)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Navy Department (Navy Department Safety Poster; artist Thorndike). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1184 (NAID 514782).
Text on the object
KEEP fire doors CLEAR! Have fire extinguishers readily accessible! NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER [signature:] THORNDIKE [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—619423
