A passage through or around a fire barrier to an area of refuge on approximately the same level in the same building is called?

• A. Exit Discharge
• B. Horizontal Exit
• C. Ramp
• D. Corridor

Answer: (B)

A horizontal exit is a passage that goes through or around a fire barrier to an area of refuge on roughly the same level within the same building, allowing occupants to reach a protected space without going down stairs to another floor or outside. This type of exit is designed to keep people on the same level while crossing a fire barrier into a safer refuge area, rather than leading to the exterior or to a different floor. It’s different from exit discharge, which describes the route from an exit to a public way outside the building, or from a ramp or corridor, which do not inherently involve moving through a fire barrier to a refuge area on the same level.