Emercency escapeways, rescue routes, emergency exits

1. Introduction

By virtue of the huge amount of lethal ending accidents caused by fire and inadequate flight and rescue passages, the views of authorities and engineers has changed enormously. An important part of the discussion is the setup of emergency doors, covered in this article. A new mindset of thinking has evolved. Existing buildings are checked by the authorities, deficiencies are noted and the responsibles are required to submit the necessary changes within a set time frame.

Schneizelreuths fire catastrophe that occured in 2015 taking a toll of 6 death casualties and several severly injured people proves the importance of correctly installed door safety elements.

Emercency escapeways, rescue routes, emergency exits – there are billions of expressions but what are their backgrounds and what is expected of those different categories? How do regulations influence the measurements and architectural demands of emergency escape doors?

This article plans on giving an overview on the most common developments on emergency- and rescue plans and giving hands on aid.