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    Structures must be classified according to their occupancy and comply with all applicable code requirements for each occupancy. Rooms with multiple uses must meet standards for each intended purpose. When a proposed structure has an occupancy not specified in the code book, it should be classified based on the most similar fire safety risk. The 2009 code book classifies structures into 10 groups including assembly, business, educational, and factory/industrial.

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    Structures must be classified according to their occupancy and comply with all applicable code requirements for each occupancy. Rooms with multiple uses must meet standards for each intended purpose. When a proposed structure has an occupancy not specified in the code book, it should be classified based on the most similar fire safety risk. The 2009 code book classifies structures into 10 groups including assembly, business, educational, and factory/industrial.

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    CHAPTER

    1
    Use and Occupancy Classifications

    Structures or portions of structures need to be classified in regards to the occupancy of one or more groups. A room or space that is intended to be occupied at different times for different purposes must comply with all of the requirements that are applicable to each of those purposes. These structures that you have identified as having multiple uses, or occupancies, must comply with the code book. You may have questions about a structure that is proposed for a purpose that is not found in the code book. In this event, each structure must be classified in the group that the occupancy most nearly resembles, according to the fire safety and hazard involved. The 2009 International Code Book lists ten categories or groups that a structure or portion of a structure must be classified as. You will find clarification on these classifications as we go through this chapter.

    Assembly: Groups A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-5 Business: Group B Educational: Group E Factory and Industrial: Groups F-1 and F-2

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