Table 103-1 - Occupancy Category
OCCUPANCY
CATEGORY
OCCUPANCY OR FUNCTION OF
STRUCTURE
1 Essential
Facilities,
‘Occupancies having surgery and emergency
treatment areas,
Fire and police stations,
Garages and shelters for emecgeney vehicles
and emergency aitrat,
Structures and shelters in emergeney
preparedness centers,
Aviation control towers,
Structure and equipment in communication
centers and other facilites equited for
emergency response,
Facilites for standby power-generating
equipment for Category I structures,
‘Tanks or other structures containing housing
cor supporting water or other fire
suppression material or equipment
required for the protection of Category 1
Moc Il strtures,
Public school buildings,
Hospitals and
Designated evacuation centers
MW. Hazardous
Facilities
IH Special
‘Occupancy
Structures,
‘Oceupancies and structures housing or
supporting toxic or explosive chemicals
‘or substances,
Non-building stevctures storing, supporting
‘of containing quantities of toxic or
explosive substances.
‘Single-story school buildings
Buildings with an assembly oom with an
‘occupant capacity of 1,000 oF more,
Educational buildings such as museums
libraries, auditorium with a capacity of
300 oF more students,
Buildings used for college or adult
education with a capacity of 500 or more
students
Institutional buildings with 50 or more
incapacitated patients, but not included in
Category |,
Mental hospitals, sanitariums, jails, prise
and other buildings where personal
liberties of inmates are similarly
restrained,
Al structures with sn oocupancy of 5,000 or
rmvore persons,
Structures and equipment in power
snerating stations, and other public
utility facifiies not included
Tor Category 1, and required for
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OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY OR FUNCTION OF
CATEGORY STRUCTURE
IV Standard All structures housing occupancies or
Occupancy having functions not listed in Category I,
Structures !Lor I and Category V
V Miscellaneous | Private garages, carports, sheds and fences
Stractures over 1.5 m high.