Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 25
Definition: Emergency Egress Window
An openable window in a dwelling that provides a means of emergency escape to prevent occupant entrapment if the primary escape route becomes blocked by fire or smoke.
Emergency egress window – an openable window in a dwelling that may be used for emergency egress in order to avoid entrapment should the escape route or routes be blocked by fire or smoke.
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