Help! "the more favorable smoke-protected assembly seating exit capacity factors"??

[finefeeling]

Help! "the more favorable smoke-protected assembly seating exit capacity factors"??

Dear all,

Could someone please help out? What does "the more favorable smoke-protected assembly seating exit capacity factors" mean? The whole article is at: http://www.nfpa.org/newsandpublications/nfpa-journal/2015/july-august-2015/features/exit-strategy. The fragment is located at the end of the fourth paragraph. Many thanks in advance!!

finefeeling

 

[SoothingDave]

Re: Help! "the more favorable smoke-protected assembly seating exit capacity factors"

Apparently there are two types of "assembly seating." Smoke-protected, or not smoke-protected.

There is an "exit capacity factor" for each type of seating.

The "exit capacity factor" for "smoke-protected" seating is apparently more favorable.

I read this to mean that if your occupants are protected from smoke, that you can have fewer exits.