High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety,
Edition 3
By Geoff Craighead
Publication Date:
07 May 2009
Description
High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, 3e, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It spells out the unique characteristics of skyscrapers from a security and fire life safety perspective, details the type of security and life safety systems commonly found in them, outlines how to conduct risk assessments, and explains security policies and procedures designed to protect life and property. Craighead also provides guidelines for managing security and life safety functions, including the development of response plans for building emergencies. This latest edition clearly separates out the different types of skyscrapers, from office buildings to hotels to condominiums to mixed-use buildings, and explains how different patterns of use and types of tenancy impact building security and life safety.
Key Features
- Differentiates security and fire life safety issues specific to: Office towers; Hotels; Residential and apartment buildings; Mixed-use buildings
- Updated fire and life safety standards and guidelines
- Includes a CD-ROM with electronic versions of sample survey checklists, a sample building emergency management plan, and other security and fire life safety resources
About the author
By Geoff Craighead, Vice President, High-Rise and Real Estate Services, Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Table of Contents
Author's BiographyAcknowledgmentsPreface Foreword to the Third EditionForeword to the Second EditionForeword to the First EditionChapter 1: High-Rise Building Definition, Development, and UseChapter 2: Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise BuildingsChapter 3: Security and Fire Life Safety ThreatsChapter 4: Risk AssessmentsChapter 5: Building Security Systems and Equipment Chapter 6: Building Fire Life Safety Systems and EquipmentChapter 7: Management of the Security FunctionChapter 8: InvestigationsChapter 9: Office BuildingsChapter 10: Hotel BuildingsChapter 11: Residential and Apartment BuildingsChapter 12: Mixed-Use BuildingsChapter 13: Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire AuthoritiesChapter 14: Laws, Codes, Standards, and GuidelinesEpilogueThe World's Tallest BuildingsAcronymsAbbreviations and ConversionsIndex
Book details
ISBN:
9781856175555
Page Count: 696
Retail Price
:
£105.00
Audience
Security and life safety directors, security consultants, and contract security firms, building designers and architects, commercial building owners and property managers.
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