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escape route

In case of emergency, a way of travel from any point within a building to the exterior and a place of safety. Also see fire escape.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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'Even if they have escape routes or doors, they are either blocked or fail to meet the required standards,' he told reporters after inspecting an entertainment outlet on Jalan Raja Dr Nazrin Shah here.
Most Perak entertainment outlets have violated fire safety practices, says state rescue dept chief
As magma destroyed four more homes, molten rock from two huge cracks merged into a single stream, threatening to block escape routes. It was expected to hit Highway 137 overnight if it kept up its rate and direction of flow, the County of Hawaii's Civil Defense Agency said.
Hawaii reports first serious injury from volcano as lava threatens escape routes
About 50 neighbours chased down the man and blocked escape routes
Neighbours chase down 'burglar' and block escape routes "like the A-Team" as police hail locals who captured suspect; About 50 people came out of their homes and trapped the alleged burglar before officers arrived, a witness says
With such a limited period of time, it is vital to have organized safe escape routes from your home and to have regular fire escape practice with the whole family.
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Atlantic Brave, with Wayne Smith in the saddle, appeared to have had the race won 50 metres from home, but Richard Mullen's late thrust on Escape Route ensured that the prize would be shared by the respective trainers, Musabah Al Muhairi and Satish Seemar.
Thrilling dead-heat to Jebel Ali feature
So plan your escape route and make sure that everybody in your home knows about it.
Fire? Make sure your smoke alarm is working
Udinese, hoping to dump Arsenal out of the Champions league this week, have offered the Mexican an escape route from White Hart lane.
UDINESE IN GIO CHASE
MANCHESTER CITY are ready to offer Carlos Tevez an escape route back to Argentina.
CITY OFFER TEVEZ HIS WAY HOME; TEV CITY WAY OUT
In a statement issued here on Sunday, addressing a gathering held to remember 43 coalminers killed in methane gas explosion in Sorrange coalmine some 35 km off provincial capital Quetta in March, NLF provincial president Abdul Raheem Mirdadkhail alleged that due to absence of methane gas detector, installation of big exhaust fan inside the mine, ventilation, alternative rescue escape route in case of accident and rescue plan, 43 coalminers were killed in methane gas explosion at PMDC mine in Sorrange area.
Contract system alleged for 43 miners death
The ferry port is believed to be a popular escape route for thieves as officials do not check horse passports or microchips.
Missing horse found at port; roundUP
The style of the layer-biased escape routes in Figure 2 are similar to NSEW escapes in Figure 1 in that the direction of the escape route is independent of the netline direction.
Layer-biased escapes: effective fanout patterns increase route density and enable the fewest number of layers while meeting other design constraints
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