Table 103-1 Occupancy Category

Occupancy Category Occupancy or Function of Structure

 Occupancies having surgery and emergency treatment areas.
 Fire and Police Stations.
 Garages and shelters for emergency vehicles and emergency aircraft.
 Structures and shelters in emergency preparedness centers.
 Aviation control towers.
 Structures and equipment in communication centers and other
facilities required for emergency response.
I. Essential  Facilities for standby power-generating equipment for category I
Facilities structures.
 Tanks or other structures containing housing or supporting water or
other fire suppression material or equipment required for the
protection of Category I, II, III, IV and V structures
 Public School Buildings
 Hospital
 Designated evacuation centers
 Power and communication transmission lines.

 Occupancies and structures housing or supporting toxic or explosive

II. Hazardous chemicals or substances.
Facilities  Non-building structures storing, supporting or containing quantities
of toxic or explosive substances.

 Buildings with an assembly room with occupancy capacity of 1,000 or

more.
 Educational buildings such as museums, libraries, auditorium with a
capacity of 300 or more occupants.
 Building used for college or adult education with a capacity of 500 or
more occupants.
III. Special  Institutional Buildings with 50 or more incapacitated patients, but not
Occupancy included in Category I.
Structures  Mental Hospitals, sanitariums, jails, prisons, and other building where
personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained.
 Churches, Mosques, and other Religion facilities.
 All structures with occupancy of 5,000 or more persons.
 Structures and equipment in power-generating stations, and other
public utility facilities not included in Category I or Category II, and
required for continued operation.
IV. Standard  All Structures housing occupancies or having function not listed in
Occupancies Category I, II, III and V.
Structures

V. Miscellaneous  Private garages, car ports, shed sand fences over 1.5m high.
Structures

Table 208-5 Near Source Factor Na1

Seismic Closest Distance To
Source Known Seismic Source
Type ≤ 2 km ≤ 5 km ≥ 10 km
A 1.5 1.2 1.0
B 1.3 1.0 1.0
C 1.0 1.0 1.0

Table 208-6 Near Source Factor Nv1

Seismic Closest Distance To

Source Known Seismic Source
Type
≤ 2 km 5 km 10 km ≥ 15 km
A 2.0 1.6 1.2 1.0
B 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.0
C 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0