Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 791.011
General Requirements

(a)

A fire escape shall be constructed and arranged in a manner that:

(1)

permits exit on the fire escape from each floor of the building above the first floor; and

(2)

provides an uninterrupted exit from the building to the grade.

(b)

The materials, construction, erection, and test of a fire escape must comply with the minimum specifications established under this subchapter for that type of fire escape.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 791.011 — General Requirements, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­791.­htm#791.­011 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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