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D. Access to Exits
1. Every aisle, corridor, balcony, other means of access to exits, and
discharge from exit shall be in accordance with Section 10.2.5.2 of this
IRR.
2. Any corridor shall be not less than one and eighty-three tenths meters
(1.83 m) wide in the clear.
3. Doors which swing into an exit access corridor shall be recessed to
prevent interference with corridor traffic; any doors not so recessed
shall open the one hundred eighty degrees (180˚) to stop against the
wall. Doors in any position shall not reduce the required corridor width
by more than one half.
4. Drinking fountains or other equipment, fixed or movable shall not be so
placed as to obstruct the required minimum 1.83 meters corridor
width.
E. Exterior Corridors or Balconies
1. Where exterior corridors or balconies are provided as means of exit,
they shall open to the outside air except for railings or balustrades with
stairs or level exits to grade not over seventy six and one-fourth meters
(76.25 m) apart, so located that an exit will be available in either
direction from the door to any individual room or space, with dead
ends not to exceed six meters (6 m). If balconies are enclosed by glass
or in any other manner, they shall be treated as interior corridors.
2. The floors of balconies (exterior corridors) and stairs shall be solid,
without openings, and shall comply with requirements for outside stairs
as regards balustrades or railings, width and pitch of stairs, and other
details, but are not required to be shielded from fire within the building
by blank walls, wired glass windows or the like where the stairs are
located on the side of balcony or corridor away from the building and
are separated from the building by the full width of the balcony or-
corridor.
F. Exit Arrangement
1. Exits shall be so arranged that at least two (2) separate exits will be
available from every floor area. Exits shall be as remote from each
other as practicable, so arranged that there will be no pockets or
dead ends in which occupants may be trapped, and in no case shall
any dead-end corridor extend more than six meters (6 m) beyond the
stairway or other means of exit therefrom.
2. Every classroom or room used for educational purposes or student
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