15 MAC Pt. 16, R. 1.47.28
Required Fire Exits
Cite as 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 16, R. 1.47.28
Required Fire Exits
1. At least two (2) exits, remote from each other, shall be provided for each occupied
story of the building. Dead-end corridors are undesirable and in no even shall
exceed thirty (30) feet.
2. Exits shall be of such number and so located that the distance of travel from the
door of any occupied room to an exit from that floor shall not exceed one hundred
(100) feet. In buildings completely protected by a standard automatic sprinkler
system, the distance may be one hundred fifty (150) feet.
3. Each occupied room shall have at least one (1) door opening directly to the
outside or to a corridor, stairway, or ramp leading directly to the outside.
4. Doors on fire exits shall open to the outside.
5. Building Exits Code, NFPA, No. 101, shall be the governing code for exit items
which are not covered in the regulations.