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−	NB An alternative exit is one of two or more exits, each of which is separate from the other.	+	An alternative exit is one of two or more exits, each of which is separate from the other.
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		+	NB [https://www2.gov.scot/resource/buildingstandards/2016Domestic/chunks/apa.html The Scottish Building Standards, Part I. Technical Handbook – Domestic, Appendix A Defined Terms], defines an alternative exit as: ‘…an exit from a dwelling which is through a door other than its main entrance door and is available for use at all times.’

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Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses (2019 edition), defines alternative escape routes as:

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Escape routes that are sufficiently separated by direction and space or by fire resisting construction to ensure that one is still available if the other is affected by fire.

Note: A second stair, balcony or flat roof which enables a person to reach a place free from danger from dire is considered an alternative escape route for the purposes of a dwellinghouse.
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NB An alternative exit is one of two or more exits, each of which is separate from the other.

= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =

* Building evacuation.
* Escape route.
* Evacuating vulnerable and dependent people from buildings in an emergency FB 52.
* Exit passageway.
* Fire door.
* Firefighting route.
* Means of escape.
* Protected escape route.
* Protected stairway.
* Storey exit.
* Unprotected escape route.
* Vomitory.
* Width of doors stairs and escape routes.

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