RISK INDEX A

TABLE 1-2a-

TYPE OF STRUCTURE

 

 

Index Structure

Single family residence less than 5,000 sq. ft. (465 m2)

Single family residence over 5,000 sq. ft. (465 m2)

Residential, office or factory building less than 50 ft. (15 m) in height:

      Covering less than 25,000 sq. ft. (2323 m2) of grounded area

      Covering over 25,000 sq. ft. (2323 m2) of ground area

Residential, office or factory building from 50 to 75 ft (15 to 23 m) high

Residential, office or factory building from 75 to 150 ft (23 to 46 m) high

Residential, office or factory building from 150 ft (46 m) or higher

Municipal services buildings, fire, police, water, sewer, etc

Hangars

Power generating stations, central telephone exchanges

Water towers and cooling towers

Libraries, museums, historical structures

Farm buildings

Golf shelters and other recreational shelters

Places of public assembly such as schools, churches, theaters, stadiums

Slender structures such as smokestacks, church steeples

And spires, control towers, lighthouses, etc.

Hospitals, nursing homes, housing for the elderly or handicapped

Buildings housing the manufacture, handling or storage of

Hazardous materials

Value

1

2

 

3

5

4

5

8

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

9

 

10

10

 

10

 

 

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