Requirements for Safe Exits

Exits must lead directly outside or to an open space with access to the outside. The area beyond the exit has to have enough room for the people most likely to use the exit. When exit route stairs continue beyond the floor where people exit, there must be doors or partitions at the exit discharge floor

Exit doors must be easy to open without keys or special instructions. Exit doors cannot have any alarm/device that would restrict emergency use of the exit should the device fail. A side-hinged exit door must be used to connect any room to an exit route. Doors must swing out from the room into the exit route if a room:

• may be occupied by more than 50 people
• contains highly flammable or explosive materials

Can you guess which doors are considered safe or unsafe exit routes?