Table 103-1 - Occupaney Category OCCUPANCY | OCCUPANCY OR FUNCTION OF CATEGORY STRUCTURE ‘Occupancies having surgery and emergency treatment areas, Fire and police stations, Garages and shelters for emergeney vehicies ‘and emergency airera, ‘Structures and shelters in emergency preparedness center, Aviation control towers, Structures and equipment in communication centers and other facilities required for emergency response, Facilities for standby power-generating ‘equipment for Category Isteuctures, ‘Tanks or other structures containing housing ‘or supporting water or other fire= suppression material or equipment Fequired for the protection of Category 1, Hor Ill structures, Public schoo! buildings, Hospitals and Designated evacuation centers. 1 Essentiat Facilities ‘Occupanecies and structures housing or supporting toxic or explosive chemicals, 11 Hazardous for substances, Paclities | Non-butding structures storing, supporting ‘of containing quanities of toxic or explosive substances ‘Single story school buildings Buildings with an assembly room with an ‘occupant capacity of 1,000 or m0 Eaucational buildings such as museuns libraries, auditorium with a capacity of 300 or more students, IM Special Buildings used for college or adult Occupancy education with a capacity of 500 or more Structures students, Institionsl buildings with 50 or more incapacitated patients, bot not included in Category 1 Mental hospitals, sanitariuns, jail, prison and other buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similarly All stevetures with an aceupaney of $,000 oF ivore persons, Structures and equipment in power ‘generating stations, and other public Uuilty facilities nov included in Category Jor Category Hand required for rnued operTable 103-1 (continued) - Occupancy Category OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY OR FUNCTION OF CATEGORY STRUCTURE IV Standard All structures housing occapancies or Occupancy having functions nol listed in Category 1, Structures AL or Hl and Category V. V_ Miscellaneous | Private garages, carports, sheds and fences Structures over 1.5 m high