What are the minimum egress requirements from sleeping areas?
All sleeping rooms below the fourth story in any residential occupancy shall have at least one operating window or exterior door that can be used by the occupant and approved by the plan reviewer for emergency egress or rescue. The window or door shall be operable from the inside without the use of special knowledge, separate tools or a force greater than that, which is required for normal operation of the window. When windows are provided as a means of egress or rescue, the windows shall have the bottom of the clear opening not more than 44 inches above the floor. All egress or rescue windows from sleeping rooms shall have a minimum net clear opening of 5.7 square feet when on any level above a grade floor. The minimum net clear open height dimension of the window shall be 24 inches or the minimum net clear open width dimension shall be 20 inches. Click on this link Window & Egress Requirements for corresponding opening dimensions, The minimum net clear open area for any window below
