Final exit for escape routes - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 07:36, 24 January 2025

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Editor at 18:47, 18 December 2024

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−	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than ~~dwellinghouses~~ (2019 edition), defines a final exit as:	+	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwelling houses (2019 edition), defines a final exit as:

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−	= Related articles on Designing Buildings ~~Wiki~~ =	+	The [https://www.firecode.org.uk/ Code of practice: Hardware for fire and escape doors, Issue 5], published by DHF and GAI in November 2024, defines a final exit simply as 'an exit from a building where people can continue to disperse in safety and where they are no longer in danger from fire and/ or smoke'
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		+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

	* Approved document.		* Approved document.

Designing Buildings at 07:22, 27 November 2020

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−	~~\|width="100%"~~\| The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke. Windows are not acceptable as final exits.	+	\| The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke. Windows are not acceptable as final exits.
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−	[[Category:~~Regulations~~]] [[Category:DCN_Regulation]]	+	[[Category:DCN_Definition]] [[Category:DCN_Regulation]] [[Category:Definitions]] [[Category:Regulations]]

Designing Buildings at 16:13, 28 October 2019

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−	Approved document B ~~of the building regulations~~ defines a final exit as:	+	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses (2019 edition), defines a final exit as:

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−	\|width="100%"\|	+	\| The end of an escape route from a building that gives direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and is sited to ensure that people rapidly disperse away from the building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke. NOTE: Windows are not acceptable as final exits.
−	The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.	+	\|}
−	Windows are not acceptable as final exits.	+
		+	NB Approved document B previously defined a final exit as:
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		+	{\|
		+	\|width="100%"\| The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke. Windows are not acceptable as final exits.
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	* Vomitory.		* Vomitory.

−	[[Category:Regulations]]	+	[[Category:Regulations]] [[Category:DCN_Regulation]]

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2019-03-15T12:01:46Z

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−	\|width="100%"\|The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.	+	\|width="100%"\|
		+	The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.
	Windows are not acceptable as final exits.		Windows are not acceptable as final exits.
	\|}		\|}

−	~~= Find out more =~~	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =
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−	=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===	+

	* Approved document.		* Approved document.

Designing Buildings at 09:20, 11 October 2017

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	* Protected escape route.		* Protected escape route.
	* Protected stairway.		* Protected stairway.
		+	* Storey exit.
	* Unprotected escape route.		* Unprotected escape route.
	* Vomitory.		* Vomitory.

	[[Category:Regulations]]		[[Category:Regulations]]

Designing Buildings at 06:57, 16 September 2017

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	* Building regulations.		* Building regulations.
	* Escape route.		* Escape route.
		+	* Exit passageway.
	* Fire.		* Fire.
	* Fire compartment.		* Fire compartment.

Designing Buildings at 09:05, 20 August 2017

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	\|width="100%"\|The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.		\|width="100%"\|The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.
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	Windows are not acceptable as final exits.		Windows are not acceptable as final exits.
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	=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===		=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

		+	* Approved document.
		+	* Approved document B.
	* Automatic release mechanism.		* Automatic release mechanism.
		+	* Building regulations.
	* Escape route.		* Escape route.
		+	* Fire.
	* Fire compartment.		* Fire compartment.
	* Fire detection and alarm systems.		* Fire detection and alarm systems.

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Approved document B of the building regulations defines a final exit as:

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|width="100%"|The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.

Windows are not acceptable as final exits.
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= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* Automatic release mechanism.
* Escape route.
* Fire compartment.
* Fire detection and alarm systems.
* Fire door.
* Fire protection engineering.
* Fire resistance.
* Firefighting route.
* Means of escape.
* Protected escape route.
* Protected stairway.
* Unprotected escape route.
* Vomitory.

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