Ch.3: Occupant Group F/H/I/M/R/S

Question 1

Factory and Industrial Group [F]

Answer 1

These areas are assumed to not be public areas, the users are presumed to be familiar with their surroundings and not occasional visitors.
-Consist of Low Haz. [F1] and High Haz. [F2}

Question 2

F-1 group

Answer 2

There is a moderate hazard occupancy.
Distinction from classifying a F-1 or H would be the quantities of materials used in the facility, i.e. F occu. manu. alcoholic beverages over 16% alc. content
leather products, metal, millwork

Question 3

F-2

Answer 3

Low Hazardous or material that is considered to be noncombustible
-During finishes, packaging or processing do not involve a significant fire.
Beverages up to 16% alcohol
brick and masonry
ceramic, glass products, etc.

Question 4

High Hazard Group [H]

Answer 4

Areas where occupancies contain certain levels of highly hazardous material relating to the use and quantities of those materials Groups H1-H4

Question 5

Control Areas

Answer 5

High- Hazard Group H requires special detailed requirements for the areas where quantities of haz. mat. do not exceed the max. allowable quantities (Wiley, BCI, 26)

Question 6

Institutional Group [I]

Answer 6

Institutional occupancies are those where people have special restrictions placed on them. The group is subdivided by the occ. ability to take care of themselves in an emergency.
Facilities where people may nor may not need assistance. Hospital, clinics, medical care. nursing homes, custodial care Hospitals

Question 7

Group I -1

Answer 7

Has more than 16 people living under supervised conditions and receiving custodial care in a residential environment on a 24 hour basis

Question 8

Group I-2

Answer 8

Has more than 5 people living under 24hour supervision, and are incapable of self-preservation in emergencies, needing assistance from staff.
Condition 1: in facilities with nursing and medical care but no services associated with hospital
Condition 2: this occupancy is for hospitals and facilities with emergency care, surgery, and in-patient stabilization

Question 9

Group I-3

Answer 9

24-hour care under restrictive security, therefore prisons, detention center, and mental hospitals

Have controlled exit measures
similar situations with five or fewer occ. is considered R-3 (Wiley, BCI, 28)

Question 10

Group I-4

Answer 10

Uses of 5 or more people, under custodial care on a less than 24 hour basis, need assistance from staff in emergencies

Have controlled exit measures
similar situations with five or fewer occ. is considered R-3 (Wiley, BCI, 28)

Question 11

Mercantile Group [M]

Answer 11

Incidental storage, Accessory occupancies are regulated and must be individually classified, large storage areas would be classified as Group S

Question 12

Residential Group [R]

Answer 12

Residential units typical housing units distinguished mainly by total number of occupants

Question 13

R-1

Answer 13

Occupants are transient, sleep in rooms for 30 days or less

- Hotels, or boarding houses

Question 14

R-2

Answer 14

Occupants are permanent sleeping in buildings containing more than two dwelling units for mare than 30 days
-Dormitaories, apartments, and long term residential boarding houses

Question 15

R-3

Answer 15

Occupants are permanent, and group, primarily single-family residences and duplexes,
- Daycares for 5 or less people using facilities for less
than 24 hours also falls under this category

• boarding houses with 16 or fewer non-transient
  people or 10 or fewer transient occupants

Question 16

Storage Group [S]

Answer 16

storage for materials with quantitiesnot considered to be hazardous enough for group H
S-1 (moderate haz.) and S-2 (Low haz.)

Question 17

Utility and Miscellaneous Group [U]

Answer 17

Incidental buildings of an accessory nature, typically unoccupied except for short times during a 24 hour period and typically separate from a subservient