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What (who) is fire escape - definition

Fire escape

EMERGENCY EXIT USUALLY MOUNTED TO THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING

Fire Escape; Fire escapes

A fire escape is a special kind of emergency exit, usually mounted to the outside of a building or occasionally inside but separate from the main areas of the building. It provides a method of escape in the event of a fire or other emergency that makes the stairwells inside a building inaccessible.

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fire escape

EMERGENCY EXIT USUALLY MOUNTED TO THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING

Fire Escape; Fire escapes

also fire-escape (fire escapes)

A fire escape is a metal staircase on the outside of a building, which can be used to escape from the building if there is a fire.

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fire escape

EMERGENCY EXIT USUALLY MOUNTED TO THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING

Fire Escape; Fire escapes

¦ noun a staircase or other apparatus used for escaping from a building on fire.

Examples of use of fire escape

1. There was simply not a proper fire escape," she said.

2. Prosecutors said partitions built to create more bedrooms blocked firefighters‘ access to a fire escape.

3. "This is not a fire, escape of gas, anything like that.

4. "Everybody was in a panic," said Elizabeth Clayborne, who climbed nine stories down a fire escape.

5. Panting, she points through the kitchen to a fire escape entwined with Christmas lights.