UFC 4-010-01
8 October 2003
Table 2-2 Levels of Protection Expeditionary and Temporary
Structures
Level of
Potential Structural
Potential Injury
Protection
Damage
Majority of personnel suffer
Severely damaged. Frame
Below AT
fatalities.
collapse/massive
Standards
destruction. Little left
standing.
Majority of personnel suffer
Heavily damaged. Major
Very Low
serious injuries. There are
portions of the structure will
likely to be a limited number
collapse (over 50%). A
(10% to 25%) of fatalities.
significant percentage of
secondary structural
members will collapse (over
50%).
Majority of personnel suffer
Damaged unrepairable.
Low
significant injuries. There
Some sections of the
may be a few (<10%)
structure may collapse or
fatalities.
lose structural capacity (10
to 20% of structure).
Some minor injuries, but no
Damaged repairable.
Medium
fatalities are likely.
Minor to major deformations
of both structural members
and non-structural
elements. Some secondary
debris will be likely, but the
structure remains intact with
collapse unlikely.
Superficially damaged.
Only superficial injuries are
High
No permanent deformation
likely.
of primary and secondary
structural members or non-
structural elements.
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