TYPE OF OCCUPANCY

CLASIFICATION

OCCUPANT LOAD

TRAVEL DISTANCE

NUMBER OF EXITS

DIVISION 7

Places of Assembly

Class A: 1000 & more

Class B: 300 - 1000
Class C: 50 - 300

Conentrated: 0.65sq.m./persom
Less Concentration: 1.4sq.m./person
Standing Room: 0.28 sq.m./person

46m w/o Automatic Fire Supression

61m with Automatic Fire Supression

Class A: 4 exits (1000 & more)

Class B: 3 exits (600 & more)
2 exits (300-600)
Class C: 2 exits (50 -300)

DIVISION 8

Educational Occupancy

Schools, Universities,
Colleges, Accademies,
Part-day, Nursery,
Kindergarten, Day Care
Facility

Classrooms:
1.80 sq.m/person
Shops, Labs..: 1.40 sq.m/person
Sleeping Facility: 3.25 sq.m/person

46m w/o Automatic Fire Supression

61m with Automatic Fire Supression

at least 2 exits

DIVISION 9

Institutional Occupancy

Health Care Facilities

Residential Custodial Care
Residential-Restrained Care

Sleeping Department: 11sq.m/person

Inpatient Treatment: 22 sq.m/person

30m - Bet. any room door and an exit

46m - Bet. any point in a room
and an exit
15m - Bet. any point in a sleeping room
and an exit

at least 2 exits

DIVISION 10

Residential Occupancy

Hotel, Apartment Building,

Dormitories, Lodging or
Rooming Houses, Single &
2-Family Dwelling

18.6 sq.m/person

30m

at least 2 exits

DIVISION 11

Mercantile Occupancy

Class A: 2787 sq.m. and more

Class B: 287sq.m. - 2787 sqm.m
Class C:287 sq.m. and less

Below/Street Level: 2.8 sq.m/person

Upper Floor:
5.6 sq.m/person
Flrs. Not Open
to Public:
9.3 sq.m/person
Covered Walls:
2.8 sq.m/person

30.5m w/o Automatic Fire Supression

46m with Automatic Fire Supression

at least 2 exits

DIVISION 12

Business Occupancy

* Office Occupancy shall be classified

as "Light Hazard Occupancy"
* Buildings over 15m provide
Automatic Sprinkler Protection

9.3 sq.m/person

61m
30.5m if Occupant Load is less than 100

at least 2 exits

DIVISION 13

Industrial Occupancy

General Industrial
Special Purpose
Open Industrial

9.3 sq.m/person

31m w/o Automatic Fire Supressioon

46m with Automatic Fire Supression

at least 2 exits

DIVISION 14

Storage Occupancy

Ordinary Hazard
High Hazard
Low Hazrd

DIVISION 15

Miscellaneous
Occupancy

Ordinary Hazard
High Hazard
Low Hazard

23m w/o Automatic Fire Supression

30.5m with Automatic Fire Supressioon

9.3 sq.m/person