Type of Building 

Factor 

1. Monumental Buildings

2. Essential facilities that should remain functional after an earthquake
   Examples of these facilities would be :
   Hospitals and other medical facilities
   Fire and Police stations 
   Emergency vehicle shelters/garages
   Food storage structures
   Emergency retief stores 
   Power stations (including standby power-generating equipment (or essential facilities) 
   Water works and water towers 
   Radio and television facilities 
   Telephone exchanges and transmission facilities 
   Offices and residential quarters for senior personnel 
   required for central and district-level rescue and relief 
   operations (ministers, secretaries, police and army 
   chiefs; CDO, LDO and DDC chairmen, district-level 
   army and police chiefs
   Places of assembly (schools, colleges, cinemas, 
   convention halls, temples, dharmsalas),

3. Distribution facilities for gas or petroleum products in
   urban areas.

4. Structures for the support or containment of dangerous
   substances (such as acids, toxic substances, etc.).

5. Other structures

1.5

1.5

2.0

2.0

1.0