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Provide people with an environment which, during a fire, will minimise the risk of them suffering illness or injury; Provide people with an evacuation route which will minimise the risk of them suffering illness or injury while escaping a fire;
facilitate the role of emergency services personnel, such as the fire brigade, if it becomes necessary for them to undertake such operations as fire-fighting and search and rescue; assist in minimising the risk of fire spreading from one building to another; and not have a structural failure during a fire that results in damage to another building, allotment or road.
Evacuation Route
Means the continuous path of travel (including exits public corridors and the like) from any part of the building including with in a sole occupancy unit in a Class 2 and 3 building or class 4part to a safe place
Means the time calculated from when the emergency starts for the occupants of the building to evacuate to a safe place Means (a) Any or any combination of the following if they provide egress to road or open space An internal or external stairway A ramp A fire isolated passageway A doorway opening to a road or open space (b) A horizontal exit or a fire isolated passageway leading to a horizontal exit
EXIT WIDTH
If a required exit leads to open space, the path of travel to the road must have an unobstructed with throughout of not less them 1meter
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