Utility/ Miscellaneous group U

Classification: Utility-U

• Accessory and miscellaneous structures not classified in other occupancies.

Example and Explanation: This is a barn it is classified as an accessory and miscellaneous structure.

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Storage Group S

Classification: Storage group S-1

• Moderate low hazard: Examples include but not limited to bags, books, linoleum, and lumber.

Example and Explanation: This is a aircraft repair hanger. It is used for the storage of planes while they get repaired.

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Classification: Storage group S-2

• Low hazard storage:  Examples include but not limited to asbestos, bagged cement, electric motors, glass, and metal parts.

 Example and Explanation: This is a parking garage its is used for the storage of vehicles.

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Residential Group R

Classification: Residential group R-1

• Occupants are primarily transient in nature ( not ore than 30 days).

Example and Explanation: This is a motel it is used for short term living. The people who stay there do so for less than 30 days.

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Classification: Residential group R-2

• More than 2 dwelling units per building where occupants are primarily permanent.

Example and Explanation: This is an apartment complex that has numerous units within it ( more than 2). The occupants that live there are permanent.


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Classification: Residential group R-3

• Residential occupancies where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature and not classified as Group R-1, R-2, R-4, or I

 Example and Explanation: These are houses thay have no more than 2 dwelling units per building. The families that live in them are permanent.

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Mercantile Group M

Classificatio: Mercantile group M

• Display and sale of merchandise involving stocks of goods accessible to the public.

Example and Explanation: This is a target inside there are a numerous amounts of goods ready for the public to purchase.

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Institutional Group

Classification: Institutional group I-1

• 16 or more people who are living together.

Example and Explanation: This is a college sorority house. There are multiple people who live under one roof. They are all capable of self rescue. 

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Classification: Institutional group I-2

•  Medical, surgical, psychiatric, nursing, custodial care facilities for over 5 persons who are not capable of self preservation.

Example and Explanation: This is a hospital it is used for the care of men, women, and children who are ill; it's occupant load exceeds more than 50 people at a time.

 

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Classification: Institutional group I-3

•  Prisons and detention facilities for more than five people under restraint.

Example and Explanation: This is a  prison it holds mores than 200 hundred inmates on a daily basis.

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Classification: Institutional group I-4

• Day care facilities (for over 5 persons)

Example and Explanation: This is a day care facility for children under the age of  two and a half years old.

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High Hazard Group- H

Classification: High hazard group H-1 (307.3)

• Detonation hazard

Example and Explanation: This a place where they manufacture direworks. This id very dangerous because of all the gunpoweder that is being used. The women in the picture is essentialy by explosives.

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Classification: High hazard group H-2 (307.4)

• Deflagration, accelerated burning hazard

Example and Explanation: This is a gas station where flamible liquid is stored underground.

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Factory Group -F

Classification: Factory group F-1 (306.2)

• Moderate hazards

Example and Explanation: This is an aircraft. It is ready for departure.

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Classification: Factory group F-2 ( 306.3)

• Low hazards

Example and Explanation: This is the Smuttynose Brewing co. After the alcohol is produced it is stored into glass botttles.

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