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area of refuge

An area where individuals who are in a building may gather safely in case of fire and/or smoke; usually an outdoor area adjacent to the building, or an area protected by fire-rated walls.

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No references found			1 Access within the allowable travel distance shall be provided to not less than one accessible area of refuge or one accessible exit providing an accessible route to an exit discharge. NFPA 101--2009, accessible means of egress by Doors and Hardware Of course, the fans should not be used in a way that will cause fire, smoke, or heated gases to be driven toward an evacuation route, and area of refuge, or trapped occupants. NIST GOES BACK TO SCHOOL by Steve Kerber / NFPA Journal These solutions include the use of area of refuge floors or the use of elevators in full building evacuations. Challenges to the designer: exiting from high-rise & large mixed-use ... by Charter, Virginia; Grove, Jeff / Doors and Hardware			Ards arduinite are Area area amniotica area array package area bombing area code area control area coverage area defense area delimiting line area divider area drain area effect area efficiency area fire area forecast area grouting area landfill area light area meter area method area navigation area of error area of refuge area of rescue assistance area of steel area of use area opaca area pellucida area placentalis area redistribution area rule area sampling area search area separation wall Area Studies area survey area target area triangulation area vitellina area wall areal density areal eruption areal geology areal pattern areal sweep efficiency Areal Velocity areaway Arecaceae			Area of Keratin/Basement Membrane Length Area of Knowledge Area of Landscape Value Area of Late Successional Emphasis area of learning area of limitation area of limitation Area of Magnetic Unreliability area of militarily significant fallout Area of Mutual Interest Area of Natural and Scientific Interest Area of Necrosis/Area at Risk area of northern operations Area of Occupancy Area of Operation area of operational interest area of operational interest area of operations area of operations Area of Outstanding Beauty Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Area of Periosteocytic Lacunae Area of Positive Control Area of Potential Effect Area of Primary Responsibility Area Of Probability Area of Project Management Application area of refuge Area of Rescue area of rescue assistance Area of Research Excellence Area of Research Strength Area of responsibility Area of responsibility Area of Scholarship Review area of separation area of separation Area of Service Area of Sinusoidal Surface Hepatocyte Nuclear Predominance Area of Special Character Area of Special County Value Area of Special Landscape Quality Area of Special Landscape Value Area of Special Natural Resource Interest Area Of Special Scientific Interest Area Of Specialization area of steel area of steel area of steel area of steel area of steel Area of Strategic Interest Area of Study area of superficial cardiac dullness area of superficial cardiac dullness area of superficial cardiac dullness area of superficial cardiac dullness area of superficial cardiac dullness

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