Local building codes or building regulations often dictate the number of fire exits required for a building of a given size, including the number of See more

In aircraft terms, an "exit" is any one of the main doors (entry doors on the port side of the aircraft and service doors on the starboard side) and an "emergency exit" is defined as an exit that is only ever used in an emergency (such as overwing exits and permanently … See more

Following the events of the Victoria Hall disaster in Sunderland, England, in 1883 in which more than 180 children died because a door had been bolted at the bottom of a stairwell, … See more

Worldwide, there have been repeated mass casualties in nightclubs and related venues where large numbers of people may gather. A violent personal dispute, fire, terrorist attack, … See more

Firefighters have cited overzealous security guards who told people during a fire that they are not allowed to use emergency exits. The practice is actually quite common in the … See more

• Public bus top emergency exit for when the sides are blocked, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese
• MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU train emergency exit in the … See more

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