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c. Horizontal exits
d. Ramps
e. Slide Escapes
C. Minimum Corridor Width
The minimum width of any corridor or passageway serving as a required
exit or means of travel to or from required exit shall be one hundred
twelve centimeters (112 cm) in the clear.
D. Capacity of Exits
Capacity of means of egress shall be determined in accordance with
Section 10.2.5.2 of this IRR.
E. Number of Exits
At least two (2) exits shall be provided for every floor or section, including
floors below the floor of exit discharge used for industrial purposes or uses
incidental thereto. At least one of which shall be reached without
traversing another storey.
Exception: For rooms or areas with a total capacity of less than twenty five
(25) persons having direct exit to the street or to an open area outside the
building at ground level, with a total travel distance from any point of not
over fifteen and one-half meters (15.5 m), a single exit may be permitted.
Such travel shall be on the same floor level. If the traversing of stairs is
required, there shall not be a vertical travel or more than four and six-
tenths meters (4.6 m) and such stairs shall be provided with complete
enclosures to separate them from any other part of the building with no
door openings therein.
F. Travel Distance to Exits
1. Exits shall be as remote from other as practicable, so arranged that it
will not be necessary to travel more than thirty one meters (31 m)
from any point to reach the nearest exit for buildings not protected by
a complete automatic fire suppression system, or forty six meters (46
m) in a building protected by an approved, supervised sprinkler
system in accordance with Section 10.2.6.5 of this IRR.
2. From every point there shall be at least two (2) separate exits
accessible, so arranged as to be reached by different paths of travel
in different directions.
Exception: A common path of travel may be permitted for the first
fifteen meters (15 m) from any point; i.e., no dead-end may be more
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