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With a few exceptions, escape and rescue routes must be a maximum of 35 m long and a minimum of 120 cm wide. Emergency exits must be at least 90 cm wide. Stricter requirements apply if the area is occupied by more than 200 people.

The following applies to access controls:

• The clear passage width of doors must be at least 90 cm. Doors to subordinate rooms, e.g. cleaning rooms or sanitary rooms, may be narrower.
• Doors must be able to open in the direction of escape. Excepted are doors to rooms that can accommodate fewer than 20 people.
  
• Doors in escape routes must be able to be opened by emergency services from the outside.
  
• Tilting, lifting, rolling, high-speed and sliding gates as well as revolving doors are only permitted if they contain doors that can be opened in the direction of escape or if additional such doors are present.
  
• Automatic sliding and revolving doors are permitted in escape routes if they ensure escape at all times and are suitable for use in escape routes.
  
• For doors in escape routes that are locked, locking systems must be used that comply with Swiss standard EN 179 or Swiss standard EN 1125.
  

burglary protection and escape route

For burglar-resistant doors with escape route and panic functions, even a locked door is no help, as the door handle always has to open the locked door lock. For doors with a panic function, normal glazing in accordance with the required test class is therefore not sufficient, as the door handle can easily be operated through a hole in the glazing. The door opens, but the resistance class is not achieved. The solution is our Sicurtec glass.