Ok. I’m pretty sure my home does not have a SINGLE egress door. First, I have looked through Colorado law (not finding a whole lot) & from what I can tell, these are pretty basic requirements. The door must not have anything internally like a keyed deadbolt; should be easily openable from the inside with no special tool, knowledge, or effort; is side hinged; & 3 feet wide by 6 feet 8 inches high. The internal door to my garage is the correct height, not correct width, & opens into the home. The door at the rear of the home is the correct height, not correct width, & opens into the home. The front door is the correct height, correct width, but again, opens into the home. What am I missing about these types of doors? All of my doors you pull into the home to open. I’m thinking about a lot of homes I have been in, and this doesn’t seem to be something that is being considered? Also, can a sliding glass door be considered an egress door? I cant find anything specifically if the egress door HAS to be in a certain location, just that there needs to be one. Please HELP!
Don’t confuse commercial doors which open outwards to residential doors which typically open inwards. Hopefully a CO home inspector (vs code inspector) will chime in with further clarification. State and local standards vary.
See, I am glad you mentioned commercial. I cant find anything that discerns these two types, just that an egress should open outward. I am not working toward the commercial side of things yet, so I would assume they would be talking about residential homes. You said it yourself, typically residentials open in, so does that mean they are not to code? I’m not arguing, I really just want to understand.
Good questions. Since I am not from your state, I will refrain from making a call on this. Remember, you have IBC (International building code) IRC (International Residential Code) and then your state and local jurisdiction and what they choose to adopt (or write their own).
unless You want to live in a commercial building Your doors are orientated correctly…You can order a commercial outswing door if You’d like but that would just be silly…
The reason I am asking, it makes sense for an egress door to swing out in an emergency. It would also help with breakins, since that would be A LOT harder to kick in. But in very few homes I can think of, the doors come into the house. But then I also have been in houses where the main egress door DOES swing out. Just need clarification so I can learn properly.
Typically rear entrance doors in which the swing-in would cause problems with furniture placement. And these are secondary egress…you need only one in most jurisdictions.
I think You have things a little backwards as an outswing door is easier to break into and in case of an emergeny people could easily get trapped trying to push the door out to open as every home they have ever lived in had open in doors…
And those require security hinges. And if someone knocks on my door, I want to be able to crack the door, bar entry and have access to my sidearm with the door protecting me 
Otherwise, they just pull it open and I am standing there like a jackass.
Easily corrected with the right hardware/door unit.
In a residence one seldom will see an outward swinging door because so doing will place the hinges on the outside where a bad-guy/bad-girl can easily pop the hinge pin allowing them free access into the home.
Only recently, here in NY, are sliders (patio doors) considered egress because they do not operate side hinged. Now they are “OK” but the glass should somehow be marked and there should be nothing placed in the track to prevent them from being opened.
I believe Florida requires outswing doors for hurricane reasons.
a crowbar at the lockset would be a lot faster, quieter and easier on a wood framed outswing door that kicking in an inswing door…and as Brian mentioned if a bad guy knocks on Your outswing door and You turn the lock,He yanks the door open and there You are…
really ? that is interesting, I’ve never heard that before but Im in Ohio …we prefer our tornadoes… dont have much use for hurricanes around here… 
Maybe it is only south Florida.
well that explains that…thank You Sir !
They say a photo is worth a thousand words, so here is a photo from last week in southern Minnesota after the blizzard that dumped 20+ inches of snow (PLUS snow drift accumulation) that caused problems for many!!
Note: Photo taken from house, rear door, storm door window.
Storm door was blocked with 3 ft snow drift, so could not be “pushed open”.
The garage door was blocked by 3+ ft snow drift, but was able to be “pulled open” and shoveled to make a pathway to exit.
good point Jeff I remember a storm a few Years back couldnt get out because of snow against the storm doors …fortunately the garage was attached and the opener was functioning…every place has its stuff I guess,
Not if it is blocked by snow or a fallen tree…
No it won’t. Unless you think the only way to “break in” is by kicking…
The only res doors I see swing out are manufactured homes. Code?
Geez. I didn’t think of the safety reasons from that standpoint. Like I said, most doors I am used to seeing, open inwards, but the definition of egress doors is to open out. Thanks for your comments.
All good examples. Thanks for the comments.