High-rise security and fire life safety / Geoff Craighead.

By:

Craighead, Geoff [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009. Edition: Third editionDescription: xliii, 652 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781856175555 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1856175553 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.477 22 C.G.H

LOC classification:

TH9745.S59 .C73 2009

Contents:

1. High-Rise Building Definition, Development, and Use -- 2. Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise Buildings -- 3. Security and Fire Life Safety Threats -- 4. Risk Assessments -- 5. Building Security Systems and Equipment -- 6. Building Fire Life Safety Systems and Equipment -- 7. Management of the Security Function -- 8. Investigations -- 9. Office Buildings -- 10. Hotel Buildings -- 11. Residential and Apartment Buildings -- 12. Mixed-Use Buildings -- 13. Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire Authorities -- 14. Laws, Codes, Standards, and Guidelines.

Summary: High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition, 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 p.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B7	Commerce and business administration ( General )	658.477 C.G.H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00009185

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. High-Rise Building Definition, Development, and Use --
2. Security and Fire Life Safety Uniqueness of High-Rise Buildings --
3. Security and Fire Life Safety Threats --
4. Risk Assessments --
5. Building Security Systems and Equipment --
6. Building Fire Life Safety Systems and Equipment --
7. Management of the Security Function --
8. Investigations --
9. Office Buildings --
10. Hotel Buildings --
11. Residential and Apartment Buildings --
12. Mixed-Use Buildings --
13. Liaison with Law Enforcement and Fire Authorities --
14. Laws, Codes, Standards, and Guidelines.

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition, 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 p.

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