Occupancy Definitions

Question 1

B - Business

Answer 1

Service type transaction
EX. Bank, Car wash, post office, food processing establishments and commercial kitchens not associated with restaurants and similar dining facilities no more than 2,500 SF in area, professional services like architects, physicians.

Question 2

E - Educational

Answer 2

A building or portion of it used for more than 6 persons for educational purposes.
EX. Classroom

Question 3

A-1 - Assembly

Answer 3

Fixed Seats
EX. Auditorium

Question 4

A-2 - Assembly

Answer 4

Consumption of food & beverages
EX. Cafeterias, casinos, restaurants

Question 5

A-3 - Assembly

Answer 5

Worship + Recreation or amusement
EX. Museum, lecture halls, art galleries, dance halls

Question 6

A-4 - Assembly

Answer 6

Indoor activities
EX. Pool, tennis courts

Question 7

A-5 - Assembly

Answer 7

Outdoor activities
EX. Stadium, grandstands

Question 8

F-1 - Factory

Answer 8

Moderate Hazzard
EX. aircraft, bakeries, beverages over 16% alcohol, energy storage system in dedicated use buildings, food processing establishments and commercial kitchens not associated with restaurants and similar dining facilities more than 2,500 SF in area.

Question 9

F-2 - Factory

Answer 9

Low Hazzard. noncombustible materials
EX. Beverages up to and including 16% alcohol, glass products, Gypsum

Question 10

H - Hazard

Answer 10

High Hazard. Manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials that constitute a physical or health hazard in quantities in excess of those allowed in control areas.

Question 11

H-1 - Hazard

Answer 11

Buildings and structures containing materials that pose a detonation Hazard
EX. Explosives:
Division: 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6

Question 12

H-2 - Hazzard

Answer 12

Materials the pose a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning.
EX. Combustible dusts, cryogenic materials, flammable gasses.

Question 13

H-3 - Hazard

Answer 13

Materials that readily support combustion or that pose a physical hazard.
EX. Consumer fireworks, flammable solids

Question 14

H-4 - Hazard

Answer 14

Materials that are health hazards.
EX. Corrosives, highly toxic materials, toxic materials.

Question 15

H-5 - Hazard

Answer 15

Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas. The aggregate quantity of materials is in excess of those specified in table 307.1

Question 16

I - Institutional

Answer 16

In which care or supervision is provided to persons who are incapable of self preservation without physical assistance or in which persons are detained for penal correctional purposes or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted.

Question 17

I -1 Institutional

Answer 17

For more than 16 persons, not including staff, who reside on a 24 hour basis in a supervised environment and receive custodial care.
EX. Assisted living
halfway house.
Refer to IBC for further conditions.

Question 18

I-2 - Institutional

Answer 18

Medical care on a 24 hour bases to more than 5 persons who are incapable of self preservation.
EX. Foster care facilities
nursing homes
Refer to IBC for further conditions

Question 19

I-3 - Institutional

Answer 19

Inhabited by more than 5 persons who are under restraint or security.
EX. Jails
Refer to IBC for further conditions

Question 20

I-4 - Institutional

Answer 20

More than 5 persons of any age who recieve custodial care for fewer than 24 hours per day by persons other than parents or guardians, in a place other than the home of the person cared for.
EX. Child day care
Adult day care
Refer to IBC for further conditions

Question 21

M - Mercantile

Answer 21

For the display of merchandise and involves stocks of goods, wares or merchandise and where the public has access.
EX. Department stores

Question 22

R - Residential

Answer 22

For sleeping purposes when not classified as an institutional group or when not regulated by the international residential code.

Question 23

R-1 - Residential

Answer 23

Transient Logging
EX. Hotels (transient)

Question 24

R-2 - Residential

Answer 24

Containing sleeping units or more than two dwelling units. Primarily transient in nature
EX. Apartments
Congregate living facilities (Non
transient) with more than 16
occupants
Dormitories
Hotels (non transient)

Question 25

R-3 - Residential

Answer 25

Primarily Permanent
EX. Buildings with less than 2 dwelling
units
congregate living facilities
(nontransient) with 16 or fewer
occupants
care facilities for 5 or fewer persons
within a single family dwelling
lodging houses (transient) with 5 or
fewer guest rooms and 10 or fewer
occupants

Question 26

R-4 - Residential

Answer 26

Assisted living with more than 5 but not more than 16 person who reside on a 24 hour basis and receive care
EX. Alcohol and drug centers

Question 27

S - Storge

Answer 27

Storage that is not classified as a hazardous occupancy

Question 28

S-1 - Storage

Answer 28

Moderate Hazard, not classified as S-2
EX. Aircraft hanger (storage and repair)
Bags: cloth, paper
Beverages over 16% alcohol
Grain
Motor vehicle repair garages
Self service storage
Refer to IBC for further conditions

Question 29

S-2 - Storage

Answer 29

Low hazard storage, non combustible materials
EX. Asbestos
Beverages up to and including 16%
alcohol.
Food products
Glass
Gypsum board
Metals
Public parking garages

Question 30

U - Utility

Answer 30

Acessory building not classified in any particular occupancy
EX. Agricultural buildings
Aircraft hangers, accessory to a one
or two family residence
Fences more than 7ft in height
Stables

Question 31

A - Assembly

Answer 31

The gathering of persons for the function of civic, social, or religious functions: food or drink consumption, or waiting for transportation