HAZARD OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATIONS

Very High

Moderate to High

Moderate Extra
Hazard
Group 1 &
2

Low

Ordinary Ordinary
Light Hazard Hazard
Hazard Group 1 Group 2
Source: NFPA - 13
Light Hazard Ordinary Hazard Group 1 Ordinary Hazard Group 2 Extra Hazard Group 1
Examples: Examples: Examples: Examples:
Mosque Parking Garages Cereal Mills Flammable Liquids
Educational Car Dealers Chemical Plants Textile processing and storage
Hospitals Bakeries Confectionary Wood Dusts
Prisons Beverage Manufacturing Distilleries Printing Ink
Libraries Canneries Dry Cleaners (Low Flash Points)
Museums Dairies Feed Mills Plastic Forms
Nursing Homes Electronic Plants Horse Stables
Offices Glass Manufacturing Lathers Goods Extra Hazard Group 2
Clubs laundries Libraries - Large Stacks Examples:
Residential Restaurant Service Area Machine Shops Asphalt Saturating
Restaurant Seating Metal Working Flammable Liquids Spraying
Theaters Retail Area Solvent Cleaning
Attics Paper Mills Varnish & Paint
Piers & Wharves Dipping
Post Offices
Printing & Publishing
Repair Garages
Stages
Textile Manufacture
Tobacco Products
Wood Shops