This dataset lists the Structural Performance Category or “SPC rating” and Nonstructural Performance Category or “NPC rating” of all General Acute Care Hospitals in California, including a building’s probability of collapse in a significant earthquake is assessed using Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation Technology (HAZUS). To link the HCAI IDs with those from other Departments, like CDPH, please reference the "Licensed Facility Cross-Walk" Open Data table at https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/licensed-facility-crosswalk.

Data Dictionary - Seismic Ratings and Collapse Probabilities of California Hospitals

Seismic Ratings and Collapse Probabilities of California Hospitals

Unique Facility Identification Number established by HCAI Facilities Development Division; aslo referred to as “Perm ID” in other datasets.

Unique Building Number assigned by HCAI Facilities Development Division to a seismically separate building on a hospital campus.

Building name provided to HCAI by the Facility.

Statuses include "In Service" for buildings that are currently in use and "Under Construction" for buildings currently under construction.  Other statuses are used to identify buildings that may be located in general acute care facility but do not provide general acute care services.

Seismic ratings for the building's primary structure are expressed as a Structural Performance Category; SPC ratings range from 1 to 5 with SPC 1 assigned to buildings posing significant risk of collapse following a strong earthquake and SPC 5 assigned to buildings reasonably capable of providing services to the public following a strong earthquake. Where SPC ratings have not been verified by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), the rating index is followed by the letter 's'.  N/A = Not Applicable and  NYA = Not Yet Available.

The Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation Technology (HAZUS) program is used to determine the Probability of Collapse of the building; expressed as a percentage, this number reflects the likelihood of the building to collapse when ground motions of a given design acceleration occur at the building site - 2007 version.

The Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation Technology (HAZUS) program is used to determine the Probability of Collapse of the building; expressed as a percentage, this number reflects the likelihood of the building to collapse when ground motions of a given design acceleration occur at the building site; the 2010 version uses additional building parameters to determine the collapse probability. Buildings located directly on faults are assigned probability of -50%.

Seismic ratings for anchorage and bracing of the building's architectural, mechanical, electrical systems, components and equipment are expressed as a Nonstructural Performance Category; NPC ratings range from 1 to 5 with NPC 1 assigned to buildings where the safe and orderly evacuation following a strong earthquake cannot be assured and NPC 5 assigned to buildings capable of continued operation for 72 hours without any power, water and sewer services following a strong ground motion.    N/A = Not Applicable and  NYA = Not Yet Available.

Buildings which do not meet seismic safety regulations (SPC-2) are identified as “These buildings do not significantly jeopardize life, but may not be repairable or functional following an earthquake”. Buidings which do meet seismic safety regulations (SPC-5/NPC-5) are identified as “Earthquake Resilient”.

Latitude of facility where building is located

Longitude of facility where building is located

Column to facilitate counting of filtered rows

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County Number and County Name.  County numbers are assigned to each California county from 1 - 58 in alphabetical order.

Data Dictionary - Seismic Ratings and Collapse Probabilities of California Hospitals

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