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permitted to be separated in elevation by a one-half or full storey
height.
2. No exit or exit access shall contain a corridor, hallway, or aisle having a
pocket or dead end exceeding six meters (6 m).
3. A sally port shall be permitted in a means of egress where there are
provisions for continuous and unobstructed travel through the sally port
during an emergency egress condition.
F. Travel Distance to Exits
1. Between any room door intended as exit access and an exit shall not
exceed thirty meters (30 m);
2. Between any point in a room and an exit shall not exceed forty six
meters (46 m); and
3. Any point in a sleeping room to the door in that room shall have a
maximum travel distance of ten meters (10 m).
G. Discharge from Exits
1. Exits shall be permitted to discharge into a fenced or walled courtyard,
provided that not more than two walls of the courtyard are the
building walls from which egress is being made. Enclosed yards or
courts shall be of sufficient size to accommodate all occupants at a
distance of not less than fifteen meters (15 m) from the building while
providing a net area of one and four-tenths square meters (1.4 m 2 )
per person.
2. All exits shall be permitted to discharge through the level of exit
discharge. This requirement shall be waived, provided that not more
than 50 percent of the exits discharge into a single fire compartment
separated from other compartments by construction having not less
than a 1-hour fire resistance rating.
H. Emergency Lighting and Exit Markings
1. Means of egress shall be illuminated in accordance with Section
10.2.5.11 of this IRR.
2. Emergency lighting shall be provided in accordance with Section
10.2.5.11 of this IRR.
3. Exit signs shall be provided in areas accessible to the public.
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