Vocab Week 3

Question 1

Means of Egress

Answer 1

A continuous and unobstructed path of travel from any point in a building to a public way

Question 2

Defend in Place

Answer 2

A strategy where occupants remain where they are, or go to a specific area to wait, for assistance and/or be provided with an alternate method to exit the building

Question 3

Exit Access

Answer 3

The portion of a means of egress that leads to an exit - rooms, corridors, aisles, doors, unenclosed stairs and ramps

Question 4

Exit

Answer 4

The portion of a means of egress between the exit access and the exit discharge or public way - exit doors, enclosed exit stairways, horizontal exits, exit passageways

Question 5

Area of Refuge

Answer 5

An area where people with limited mobility can temporarily wait for assistance during an emergency evacuation

Question 6

Exit Discharge

Answer 6

The portion of a means of egress between the termination of an exit and the public way - main lobby, foyer or vestibule, egress court, courtyard, patio, alley or sidewalk < 10’ wide

Question 7

Egress Court

Answer 7

An exterior exit discharge - courtyard, patio

Question 8

Public Way

Answer 8

The area outside a building that is legally considered public - street, alley, sidewalk

Question 9

Travel Distance

Answer 9

The overall distance between the most remote, occupiable point of an area, room, or building floor to the nearest exit

Question 10

Dead-End Corridor

Answer 10

A corridor with only one direction of exit