Enhanced Fujita Scale Damage Indicators and Degrees of Damage

List of 31 Damage Indicators 

• 1.  Small Barns or Farm Outbuildings (SBO)
• 2.  One- or Two- Family Residences: 100-500m2 (FR12)
• 3.  Manufactured Homes: Singe Wide (MHSW)
• 4.  Manufactured Homes: Double Wide (MHDW)
• 5.  Apartments, Condominiums and Townhouses: 3 Storeys or less (ACT)
• 6.  Motels (M)
• 7.  Masonry Apartments or Motels (MAM)
• 8.  Small Retail Buildings (SRB)
• 9.  Small Professional Buildings: Single Storey, less than 500 m2 (SPB)
• 10.  Strip Malls (SM)
• 11.  Large Shopping Malls (LSM)
• 12.  Large Isolated Retail Buildings (LIRB)
• 13.  Automobile Showrooms (ASR)
• 14.  Automobile Service Buildings (ASB)
• 15.  Elementary Schools (ES)
• 16.  Junior and Senior High Schools (JHSH)
• 17.  Low-Rise Buildings: 1-4 Storeys (LRB)
• 18.  Mid-Rise Buildings: 5-20 Storeys (MRB)
• 19.  High-Rise Buildings: Greater than 20 Storeys (HRB)
• 20.  Institutional Buildings (IB)
• 21.  Metal Building Systems (MBS)
• 22.  Service Station Canopies (SSC)
• 23.  Warehouse Buildings (WHB)
• 24.  Free-Standing Towers (FST)
• 25.  Free-Standing Light Poles, Luminary Poles, Flag Poles (FSP)
• 26.  C-1 Electrical Transmission Lines (C-ETL)
• 27.  C-2 Trees (C-T)
• 28.  C-3 Heritage Churches (C-HC)
• 29.  C-4 Solid Masonry Houses (C-SMH)
• 30.  C-5 Farm Silos or Grain Bins (C-FSGB)
• 31.  C-6 Sheds, Fences or Lawn Furniture (C-SFLF)
• 32.  Glossary
• 33.  EF-Scale Canada
• 34.  Acknowledgments

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Date modified:

2014-05-07