travel distance definition

travel distance means the distance an occupant has to travel to reach an exit.
travel distance means the distance from any point in the floor area to any exit measured along the path or egress except that when the floor areas are sub-divided into rooms, used singly or of rooms and served by suite corridors and passage, the travel distance may be measured from the corridor entrance of such rooms or suites to the nearest staircase or verandah having access to the street.
travel distance means the distance from the remotest point on a floor of a building to a place of safety be it vertical exit or a horizontally exit or an outside exit measured along the line of travel.

More Definitions of travel distance

travel distance means the distance required to be traversed from any point in a storey of a building to either-
travel distance means the distance to be travelled from any point in a building to a protected escape route, external escape route or final exit;
travel distance means the distances an occupant has to travel to reach an exit.(b) An exit may be a doorway, corridor, passageway to an external stairway or to a verandah or to an internal stairway segregated from the rest of building by fire-resisting walls which shall provide continuous and protected means of egress to the exterior of a building or to an exterior open space. An exit may also include a horizontal exit leading to an adjoining building at the same level.(c) Lifts, escalators and revolving doors shall not be considered as exits for the purpose of this sub-rule.(d) In every room of a factory, exits sufficient to permit safe escape of the occupants in case of fire or other emergency shall be provided which shall be free of any obstruction. (e) The exits shall be clearly visible and suitably illuminated with suitable arrangement, wherever artificial lighting is to be adopted for this purpose to maintain the required illumination in case of failure of the normal source of electric supply.(f) The exits shall be marked in a language understood by the majority of the workers.
travel distance means the distance to be travelled from the remotest point on a floor of a building to a place of safety be it a protected escape route, external escape route or final exit i.e. vertical exit, horizontal exit or an outside exit measured along the line of travel.
travel distance means the horizontal distance measured on the floor along the centreline of the exit route between the furthest point (most remote point) on a storey or within a fire compartment to:
travel distance means the distance from the exit of a tenement of any premises on a floor of a building to a place of safety, be it a vertical exit, a horizontal exit or an outside exit, measured along the line of travel.
travel distance means the shorter of the distances from the employees current or starting date home address to the location of the training, development or Communications Day event.